Conflict and the lack of environmental laws

In Somalia because of the lack of government system there is much illegal fishing that occurs, and a lot of waste is also dumped into the ocean. Said Ould Abdallah a UN senior official, "I am convinced there is dumping of solid waste, chemicals and probably nuclear (waste).... There is no government (control) and there are few people with high moral ground."

When a country is in turmoil and there is ongoing conflict, environmental concerns are often put on the back burner. Sometimes there is little concern by the government about the preservation of the ecosystems present in the ocean and coastal regions, as they are too busy fighting for power. In third world countries such as India, poor education, poverty and the lack of government endorsed legislation leads to an abundance of practices which are destructive to the marine ecosystems. The Indian Ocean Experiment done in 1999 found that the amount of man made aerosols that hoover over the Indian ocean are dramatically affecting the hydrolical scale as they limit the amount of sunlight able to reach the ocean floor. This experiment also showed the drastic increase of pollutants in the Indian ocean that was predicted to exponentially increase in the new millenium. These reults proved to be correct as the INDOEX conducted a 10 year recap of their experiment which showed a 215% increase in the amount of aerosols over the ocean for a 26km squared area. This affects the solar productivety of the ocean and limits photosynthesis of plants at deeper levels of the ocean. Currently the Indian government has no regulation on tax applied to companies which produce large amounts of aerosols from their factories. If the goverernment does not stand up and show its citizens and business the effect this is having on the ocean, one of teh biggest necessities to Indian life, this valuable resource may not be so valuable anymore. In a country that depends on teh ocean for its econmic and food potential having a depleated and undiverse ocean ecosystem would disrupt life greatly and cause for drastic changes in how citizens live tehir lives.