Coral reefs and Mangroves : A sanctuary for all

As we humans have our villages that served as our community, marine animals and other creatures found below the water has its "villages" called coral reefs and mangroves. Just like us, they build their families there and it is where they belong.

If there are rainforests in the land corals served as Rainforests in the sea too. Thousands or more species of marine animals were  sheltered and taken cared of in the coral reefs and mangrove sanctuaries.

Benefits of coral reefs and mangrove sanctuaries does not only limit on marine creatures, but  we humans have our own benefits with corals too. Just like what Miss Charlene Gonzales answered when she was asked during the 1994 Miss Universe contest: " How many islands are there in the Philippines?" she replied "High tide or Low tide?" because there are islands that would not survive or rather they would be gone without coral reefs. As you see Coral reefs protect the shorelines by absorbing wave energy, and many small islands would not exist without their reef to protect them.

Mangroves and Coral reefs were also important for sustaining life or subsistence,thus without coral reefs and mangroves, people probably, or in fact can't devour the luscious sea-foods that completes the food pyramid. 

In tourism,they provide beautiful scenery, that would make no one to be less appreciative of its beauty.

And lastly they are important to the formulation of new medicines that as we all know very important to cure a disease.

We people have to be more appreciative not only in the worldly lures we have but also we must appreciate what nature had given us, just like the fishes in the sea lets take care of our environment to preserve it for the next generations to come.