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Scientists alarmed over China’s island building

dc.contributor.authorTorode, Greg
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen
dc.coverage.spatialPhilippinesen
dc.coverage.spatialSpratly Islandsen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth China Seaen
dc.coverage.spatialMalaysiaen
dc.coverage.spatialTaiwanen
dc.coverage.spatialBruneien
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-15T01:42:25Z
dc.date.available2018-11-15T01:42:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-26
dc.identifier.citationTorode, G. (2015, June 26). Scientists alarmed over China’s island building. The Daily Guardian, pp. 5, 11.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/2900
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDaily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc.en
dc.titleScientists alarmed over China’s island buildingen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleThe Daily Guardianen
dc.citation.firstpage5en
dc.citation.lastpage11en
local.subject.classificationDG20150626_5en
local.descriptionEqual importance had been given to “construction and protection”, he said, adding China would honour its obligations under the UN conventions on Biological Diversity and International Trade in Endangered Species. One marine biologist, Terry Hughes from James Cook University in Queensland, said the reclamation work was “locally devastating” but the Spratlys still might face bigger threats from long-term overfishing and climate change. A study he produced with Chinese scientists in 2012 showed a steep decline in coral cover in the area due to such pressures, which are affecting reefs globally.en
local.subject.personalnameMcManus, John
local.subject.personalnameLyons, Youna
local.subject.personalnameHughes, Terry
local.subject.personalnameCook, James
local.subject.personalnameBito-onon, Eugenio
local.subject.personalnameKang, Lu
local.subject.personalnameOuyang, Yujing
local.subject.corporatenameUS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationen
local.subject.corporatenameNational University of Singaporeen
local.subject.corporatenameUnited Nations (UN)en
local.subject.corporatenameUniversity of Miamien
local.subject.corporatenameSingapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studiesen
local.subject.corporatenameJames Cook Universityen
dc.contributor.corporateauthorReutersen
dc.subject.agrovocScientific personnelen
dc.subject.agrovocland reclamationen
dc.subject.agrovoccoral reefsen
dc.subject.agrovocartificial islandsen
dc.subject.agrovocsatellite sensingen
dc.subject.agrovoccoral reef conservationen
dc.subject.agrovocdredgingen
dc.subject.agrovococeanographyen
dc.subject.agrovocnavigationen
dc.subject.agrovocmilitary operationsen
dc.subject.agrovocdisputesen
dc.subject.agrovocterritorial watersen
dc.subject.agrovoceconomicsen
dc.subject.agrovocenvironmental protectionen
dc.subject.agrovocSatellite mosaicsen
dc.subject.agrovocsearch and rescueen
dc.subject.agrovocenvironmental restorationen
dc.subject.agrovocinternational cooperationen
dc.subject.agrovocoverfishingen
dc.subject.agrovocClimatic changesen


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