Live Green

最近，慧慧介绍了 WWF 组织正宣传拯救海龟活动，公开给所有的大马博客。虽然我不会参加，不过还是在自己的部落格放上了他们准备的照片，也就是在我的部落格的右上角那儿。想到如果有读者有可能从我的部落格那儿发现到此新闻，也因此对保护大自然有更深的了解，那也挺不错的。

参加的方式： E-mail contactus@wwf.org.my with your full name, hand phone number, and blog address, to alert us that you will be participating in the contest Download any of the “Pledge to Live Green” e-banners next to this article and put it up on your blog site, so that it clicks through to http://www.wwf.org.my/ Encourage your readers to click on the e-banner at your website, and then pledge to “Live Green” via the online form on WWF-Malaysia’s home page. 资料来源：WWF Malaysia

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球表面上越来越多建筑物了，这也代表着越来越少绿色的树林了。少了绿色植物就越来越多二氧化碳了，在温室效应下，来自太阳的热能被困在地球表面上，因而世界各地的温度一年比一年高了。

 

上次去仕霖的家时，初次见识到海龟的模样。

海龟的资料：

Common Name: Marine turtles (Eng) Penyu (Bahasa Malaysia) Scientific Name: Cheloniidae / Dermochelyidae families Habitat: Open and coastal waters, sandy beaches and islands Status (IUCN): Endangered - Olive ridley & Green turtles                  Critically endangered - Hawksbill & Leatherback turtles Population: Leatherback turtles - declined by more than 99% Olive ridley turtles - declined by more than 95% Green turtles - Some populations in Malaysia appear to be stable currently. However compared to population numbers prior to 1970, large populations in Terengganu & Sarawak have decreased significantly (more than two folds) Hawksbill turtles - Large populations remain only in Sabah & Malacca. Both populations appear to be stabilising. However it should be noted that historical nesting data in Malacca extended to 1990, which is quite recent and too short term to surmise on population trend. (Source: Liew, H.C. Proceedings of the Western Pacific Sea Turtle Cooperative Research & Management Workshop, 2002) 资料来源：WWF Malaysia

是否曾想过海龟究竟对大自然有何帮助呢？

In the seas, marine turtles play a key role in maintaining healthy coral reefs and seagrass beds. Scientists believe that hawksbill turtles may maintain the health of coral reef systems by grazing on sponges, which if left to grow unchecked will outgrow the corals, cover them up and kill the reef. Because of this, researchers believe that the declining number of hawksbills are a factor in the inability of reefs to resist increasing pressures from pollution, algal overgrowth, overfishing and climate change. Green turtles are largely herbivorous, and their constant grazing on sea grasses increase the healthiness and growth rate of sea grass beds. Leatherback turtles, which forage in the open ocean throughout their lives, are the top predators of oceanic jellyfish. This jellyfish, in turn, eat larval fish. As the number of leatherbacks in the ocean decrease, jellyfish numbers may increase locally and eat more larval fish, leaving fewer fish to grow. A wide variety of marine ecosystems are dependent on these fish, and even commercial fisheries, may end up suffering from this cascading effect. 资料来源：WWF Malaysia

然而，人类的活动利己却破坏了海龟的生活环境，有些人甚至偷了海龟的蛋，间接性地影响了海龟生存的机会，甚至面临绝种的危机呢。

人类乱丢塑料袋，漂流到海洋时被海龟吃了，因为误以为是水母。然而塑料袋却不能被化解，海龟很有肯能因此而死亡呢。

楼上的海龟因为幼时不小心闯入了塑料物品而无法正常地生长。还是你的话，你愿意如此吗？

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希望读者读了这篇文章后，对海龟多了些认识，也因此对保护海龟够更强烈的意识了。嗯，咱们的地球需要大家同心合力一起保护呀！