BISC 3 Lecture 2: Chapter 1 Introduction
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Thirty years ago, this island, like many others in the philippines, suffered a catastrophic decline in the seafood that was the mainstay of their diet and livelihood. Dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. Indigenous: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native. destructive shing methods damaged the reef habitat and exhausted sh stocks Silliman university on nearby negros island visited apo to explain how establishing a marine sanctuary could help reverse this decline. several families decided to establish a marine sanctuary along a short section of apo. Island shoreline and took turns watching to make sure that no one trespassed in the no. Within a few years, sh numbers and sizes in the sanctuary increased. By protecting the reef, villagers are guarding the nursery of an entire marine ecosystem.
