Coral Ecologist to be prosecuted for "criminal trespass" for a snorkel survey done in August 2012 Sad update to the Dr. Dean Jacobson’s fight to stop dredging of beautiful reefs in Majuro, Marshall Islands. This destructive coral mining is funded by the United States FAA for expansion of the airport. Near-shore lagoon coral reefs being […]
From: NGOpolis.com Published April 12, 2013 10:28 AM With our planet’s coral reefs in danger of extinction by 2050, why is the U.S. Government mining healthy reefs to use as building filler? Petitioners are calling for the U.S. Government to halt excavation of the healthy coral reefs that surround the Marshall Islands. Coral mining is […]
Ron Simpson at FAA contact info. can be emailed from: http://www.faa.gov/airports/western_pacific/about_airports/honolulu/. or call 808-541-1232 From Dr. Dean Jacobson, March 18, 2013 Coral mining on Majuro just expanded significantly eastward, getting closer to an especially colorful, lovely "blue and gold" reef that must be protected, by any sane person's estimation. The silt curtain, required by […]
Published on Jan 3, 2013 Video courtesy of Dr. Dean Jacobson Destructive coral mining in the Marshall Islands funded by US FAA, begun in Aug 2012. Let your voices be heard: please email ron.v.simpson at faa.gov to protest this ongoing coral reef destruction, funded by your US tax dollars. Sign the petition at Care2.org, […]
Article by Shane Graber – Posted Sep 12, 2012 02:00 PM. Reprinted from http://www.advancedaquarist.com/ Videos by Dr. Jean Jacobson The Marshall Islands rely heavily on services for its economic well-being and a United States FAA funded expansion to its airport is threatening to destroy nearby lagoon coral reefs. Bill Clinton with his 1998 Executive Order […]
Target: President Barrack Obama Sponsored by: Dean Jacobson, Ph.D., coral ecologist Please require the Department of State to apply the coral protection that is required by Executive Order 13089, thus ensuring that all FAA projects at the Majuro airport in the Marshall Islands refrain from again using coral reef mining as a source of fill […]