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Article: Public Calls on U.S. Government to Protect the World's Coral Reefs, New Poll Finds
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- U.S. Newswire
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- October 3, 2002
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The first nationwide survey
on coral reef issues reports that Americans are concerned about the
health of coral reefs. A majority (56 percent) of Americans rate the
health of reefs worldwide in the negative. They are nearly unanimous
(85 percent) in their belief that it is important for the U.S. to
take a leadership role in protecting coral reefs worldwide and that
regulations should be used to ensure best conservation practices.
The survey, conducted by the national research firm Edge Research
in collaboration with the Coral Reef Foundation and SeaWeb sampled
1,000 American adults between May 29th and June 3rd, 2002. This
comprehensive poll surveyed ...