Hanauma Bay, can it be restored?steemCreated with Sketch.

in #photofeed6 years ago

0I6A1991.jpg

Hanauma Bay State Park, located not far from Waikiki is a great example of the benefits that protected areas can bring. Everyday thousands of visitors visit the bay and snorkel around with it's abundant marine life. This generates income that goes into keeping it protected and maintaining it's facilities.

It's success however, has come with a cost... The park is now so popular that the tourists are impacting the reef, causing corals to die off especially in the shallow areas. Perhaps creating more protected areas around the island of Oahu would help to reduce the impact to this beautiful bay and help regenerate some of the lost coral.

What do you think?

James & Danielle


Don’t forget to Upvote and Resteem!!

&

For more beautiful photos or to follow our blog
The making of our ocean film 'The Map to Paradise'

Follow us @bluebottlefilms


© 2018 Bluebottle Films

Sort:  

Yes, sadly, it is very difficult to prevent tourism from impacting the environent. Every time people get the information about a very beautiful natural place then everybody tend to go to visit and the environmental degradation is sure to beguin.

https://www.google.co.ve/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjM6oLwj5vdAhUttlkKHadpD9kQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fourinfiniteearth.com%2Fconservation-awareness%2Fworlds-coral-reefs-gone-30-years%2F&psig=AOvVaw1Lt5u84Q6G0Xnw8ctAJ2U-&ust=1535936568916517

Thank you for your contribution to the "photocircle" tag

Cheers,
@photocircle Team

Check out this post for information on all the Photocircle tags

Learn about this photo curation project by clicking >here

To learn more about the new project feature, please click on the quest image below.

To stop receiving comments then reply !STOP!

Congratulations @bluebottlefilms! You have completed the following achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :

Award for the number of comments

Click on the badge to view your Board of Honor.
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP

Do you like SteemitBoard's project? Then Vote for its witness and get one more award!

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.22
TRX 0.27
JST 0.041
BTC 104276.64
ETH 3847.01
SBD 3.34