<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Deforestation may have increased impact of devastating cyclone]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Wolverine http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/ Tue, 06 May 2008 08:20:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/1 "Human beings are now direct victims"?

No, they are the cause of the destruction in the first place.

A Native American once said that all natural disasters are due to the ignorance of white people.  What he meant was that if people don't live in the wrong way, including living where they don't belong, natural phenomena don't hurt anything.

While it's possible that the people who were killed by the hurricane were not the ones responsible for destruction of the mangrove forests, there are no rewards or punishments in nature, just consequences, and those who were killed by the hurricane suffered the consequences of destroying the mangrove forests.

]]> "Human beings are now direct victims"?

No, they are the cause of the destruction in the first place.

A Native American once said that all natural disasters are due to the ignorance of white people.  What he meant was that if people don't live in the wrong way, including living where they don't belong, natural phenomena don't hurt anything.

While it's possible that the people who were killed by the hurricane were not the ones responsible for destruction of the mangrove forests, there are no rewards or punishments in nature, just consequences, and those who were killed by the hurricane suffered the consequences of destroying the mangrove forests.

]]> Comment #2 by ken1 http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/ Tue, 06 May 2008 09:03:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/2 Greed: pigs get slaughtered

Well, it also goes without saying that climate change is birthing freakishly larger storms.

"Burma: What Climate Change Devastation Looks Like"
http://www.commoncurrent.com/notes/2008/05/burma-what-cli ...

Back to the victory gardens!


]]> Greed: pigs get slaughtered

Well, it also goes without saying that climate change is birthing freakishly larger storms.

"Burma: What Climate Change Devastation Looks Like"
http://www.commoncurrent.com/notes/2008/05/burma-what-cli ...

Back to the victory gardens!


]]> Comment #3 by Eli Penberthy http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/ Wed, 07 May 2008 03:40:02 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/3 Shrimp farming is the top threat to mangroves!

Cyclone Nargis, like tsunamis, hurricanes, and other disastrous storms, is a reality check that we cannot continue to destroy mangrove forests without devastating effects!  

The cyclone has been attributed to development and the converstion of mangroves to rice farms, but shrimp farming is the top threat to mangrove forests worldwide.

We are certainly paying a high price for the cheap imported shrimp available in grocery stores and on restaurant menus.  The environment and coastal communities are destroyed, and the shrimp--which may be contaminated with pesticides and antibiotics--is a threat to consumer health.

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) recently launched an awareness campaign, "Shrimp Less, Think More," urging people to stop purchasing imported shrimp and to instead choose local and  sustainably-harvested varieties.

As consumers, we can play a part in preventing future disasters simply by making responsible seafood choices: Always ask where your seafood came from and how it was caught. For more information, visit the campaign blog, http://www.shrimpless.wordpress.com or http://www.mangroveactionproject.org

]]> Shrimp farming is the top threat to mangroves!

Cyclone Nargis, like tsunamis, hurricanes, and other disastrous storms, is a reality check that we cannot continue to destroy mangrove forests without devastating effects!  

The cyclone has been attributed to development and the converstion of mangroves to rice farms, but shrimp farming is the top threat to mangrove forests worldwide.

We are certainly paying a high price for the cheap imported shrimp available in grocery stores and on restaurant menus.  The environment and coastal communities are destroyed, and the shrimp--which may be contaminated with pesticides and antibiotics--is a threat to consumer health.

Mangrove Action Project (MAP) recently launched an awareness campaign, "Shrimp Less, Think More," urging people to stop purchasing imported shrimp and to instead choose local and  sustainably-harvested varieties.

As consumers, we can play a part in preventing future disasters simply by making responsible seafood choices: Always ask where your seafood came from and how it was caught. For more information, visit the campaign blog, http://www.shrimpless.wordpress.com or http://www.mangroveactionproject.org

]]> Comment #4 by Erik Hoffner http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/ Wed, 07 May 2008 05:04:56 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/cyclone/4 Mangrove Action Project

Mangrove Action Project in Port Angeles, WA is a key grassroots group combating the loss of mangroves worldwide:

  http://www.mangroveactionproject.org

MAP partners with mangrove forest communities, grassroots NGOs, researchers and local governments to conserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastal ecosystems, while promoting community-based, sustainable management of coastal resources.

"If there are no mangrove forests, then the sea will have no meaning. It is like having a tree with no roots, for the mangroves are the roots of the sea." - a fisherman in Southern Thailand

They also do really cool eco-work-study tours on conserving mangroves. Though I don't think they've taken a group to Myanmar any time recently. Usually they go to India and Thailand, I think.

Erik

]]> Mangrove Action Project

Mangrove Action Project in Port Angeles, WA is a key grassroots group combating the loss of mangroves worldwide:

  http://www.mangroveactionproject.org

MAP partners with mangrove forest communities, grassroots NGOs, researchers and local governments to conserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastal ecosystems, while promoting community-based, sustainable management of coastal resources.

"If there are no mangrove forests, then the sea will have no meaning. It is like having a tree with no roots, for the mangroves are the roots of the sea." - a fisherman in Southern Thailand

They also do really cool eco-work-study tours on conserving mangroves. Though I don't think they've taken a group to Myanmar any time recently. Usually they go to India and Thailand, I think.

Erik

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