全球七種海龜全部被列為瀕危物種,已經身處滅絕邊緣。其中綠海龜每年初夏,均會登陸澳洲大堡礁海灘築巢生蛋。氣候變化增加䧳性海龜繁殖的難度,破殻而出的小龜亦要面對客居島上的候鳥天敵無情的魔爪。
本集節目追踪保育大堡礁科學家團隊,見證他們如何幫助綠海龜找到安全築巢地點,蹣跚的初生小龜如何成功爬向大海,最終讓這種極度瀕危品種不致滅絕,從而避免海洋生態系統崩潰。
Of the seven species of sea turtles, all are classified as vulnerable, endangered or on the edge of extinction. One of the main reasons for this is the degradation of their nesting spots.
Raine Island is also the most important seabird rookery in the Great Barrier Reef— home to 20,000 breeding pairs of Frigates and Boobies. Their survival is intimately tied to that of the turtle colony, because without young turtles to feed on, seabird numbers would collapse, too.
過去三十年間,全球損失了差不多三分之一珊瑚礁。超過十億人依賴珊瑚礁提供食物;數十萬人全靠珊瑚礁維持生計,因此,復育珊瑚礁成為科學家關心的課題。
本節目第二集,以精心拍攝的珍貴影像,詳述珊瑚面臨的生存挑戰,包括健康惡化,繁殖因難,面對天敵等等,當然箇中因由少不了氣候變化的影響。引入科技協助珊瑚繁殖,澳洲大堡礁的復育經驗,也許可以惠及世上其他珊瑚國度。
Over the past 30 years, the world has lost nearly one-third of its coral reefs.More than one billion people depand on reefs for food and hunderds of thousands of people depend on them for their livelihoods.
From the most recently developed killer robots to shellfish farming, ultra-modern tactics are now proving their worth in the Great Barrier Reef to ensure the survival of this natural wonder that is the coral world and to make it possible to export this know-how to many of the world’s reefs.
全球七種海龜全部被列為瀕危物種,已經身處滅絕邊緣。其中綠海龜每年初夏,均會登陸澳洲大堡礁海灘築巢生蛋。氣候變化增加䧳性海龜繁殖的難度,破殻而出的小龜亦要面對客居島上的候鳥天敵無情的魔爪。
本集節目追踪保育大堡礁科學家團隊,見證他們如何幫助綠海龜找到安全築巢地點,蹣跚的初生小龜如何成功爬向大海,最終讓這種極度瀕危品種不致滅絕,從而避免海洋生態系統崩潰。
Of the seven species of sea turtles, all are classified as vulnerable, endangered or on the edge of extinction. One of the main reasons for this is the degradation of their nesting spots.
Raine Island is also the most important seabird rookery in the Great Barrier Reef— home to 20,000 breeding pairs of Frigates and Boobies. Their survival is intimately tied to that of the turtle colony, because without young turtles to feed on, seabird numbers would collapse, too.