Once and for all, I have to admit it that there is something I love as much as my 10-year long scuba diving experiences…well, it is my “fish and chips”! It would be laughable if there weren’t probably hundreds of thousand people sharing my pathetic schizophrenia. Recently, professional indulgence and aquatic inclination allowed me to observe declining ecosystems along the Mexican and Filipino coastlines. Despite contrasted socio-economic contexts, a common and disturbing feature emerged from these observations: the overall fatality of an already written inevitable collapse. I’m not talking about climate change here; no, I’m talking about the political, economic and social forces at work, sealing the fate of local marine environments. In both places, scientists, activists or public servants do their best to prevent the ineluctable end. Marine Parks have been created, legislations are in place, education and mitigation programs are implemented. Nevertheless, these ecosystems are declining.
Why is it so? Can we do better? Is there a bright future for Green Turtles? These questions and many more will certainly stimulate our new RMAP Argument: Marine Parks…a Waste of Space? Three experts will give their contrasted opinions on the matter. I cannot resist sharing with you abstracts of their provocative statements:
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