Due to Chuuk's population,
its environment is facing a lot of threats. These threats range
from conversions and degrations of habitat and ecosystems, envasive
organisms and pests, over-exploitation and unsustainable harvesting
of resources (FSM, 2002). In addition, there is very limited management
and control of such activities...it should be required by law
that prior to any activities affecting our biodiversity and prior
to commercialising any natural resourses, the appropriate agency(s)
should be involved to explain how important it is to conserve
our biodiversity and what long term benefits can be derived by
doing so.
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