Human Impacts relating to the Kermadec Trench
By: Josh Breland and Eric Dellaratta
The Kermadec Trench and the Kermadec Islands have not directly been influenced negatively by humans. The Kermadec Islands were settled limitedly by Maoris in the 1300’s and eventually settled by European farmers and whalers in the 18 and 1900’s. The only negative impact the settlers had on the islands were indirect because of the introduction of mammals, namely the Polynesian rats with Maoris and the goats and cats by the Europeans. But there is always the factors of future settling that could drastically disrupt the environment in this region. If humans were to completely settle the islands in the next century or two we would cause immense destruction. We would bring pollutants into the environment that would get into the air and water. We would cause changes in the natural sustainability of the island as well as to the reefs and marine ecosystems surrounding the islands and located in the trench.
The Kermadec Trench and the Kermadec Islands have not directly been influenced negatively by humans. The Kermadec Islands were settled limitedly by Maoris in the 1300’s and eventually settled by European farmers and whalers in the 18 and 1900’s. The only negative impact the settlers had on the islands were indirect because of the introduction of mammals, namely the Polynesian rats with Maoris and the goats and cats by the Europeans. But there is always the factors of future settling that could drastically disrupt the environment in this region. If humans were to completely settle the islands in the next century or two we would cause immense destruction. We would bring pollutants into the environment that would get into the air and water. We would cause changes in the natural sustainability of the island as well as to the reefs and marine ecosystems surrounding the islands and located in the trench.
Sustainability Venn Diagram - Kermadec Trench
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