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1. Name 3 reasons why the coral reef helps the economy
2.What do scientists use from coral reefs to make medicine?

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Coral Fishing

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provides jobs and income for local economies from tourism, fishing, and recreation such as snorkeling

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Marine Protected Areas
enforced the laws that were created and gives the coral reefs a better chance to survive

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-houses and feeds fish, which many humans rely on for food
-worth $172 billion in services they provide for the food industries

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responsible for mapping and monitoring U.S. coral reefs; researching the causes of coral reef degradation including pollution and over fishing and finding solutions to these problems; and promoting conservation and the sustainable use of coral reefs

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Scientists are taking the chemical substances from animals and plants that they use for defending themselves to make it into medicines.

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In 1998, the President of the United States established the Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF) to protect and conserve coral reefs

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Being developed to treat cancer, arthritis, human bacterial infections, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, viruses, and other diseases.

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They are threatened by an increasing range of impacts including pollution, invasive species, diseases, bleaching, and global climate change.