Coral Reefs
Overviews and Factsheets
About Coral Reefs
International Coral Reef Information Network
Action Atlas: Reefs in Trouble
Corals give us a quarter of all marine life—so why are we destroying them?
Mother Jones
Coral reef ecosystems: Amazon of the oceans
World Resources Institute
Coral Reefs are Threatened
International Coral Reef Information Network
Coral Reefs: Assessing the Threat
World Resources Institute
Coral Reefs: Why Should I Care?
International Coral Reef Information Network
Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2000: Summary
Global Coral Reefs Monitoring Network
Status of the Worlds Coral Reefs: Executive Summary
GCRMN (Global Coral Reefs Monitoring Network)
Other Key Articles and Documents
Call to Action - International Coral Reefs Initiative (PDF)
International Coral Reefs Initiative
Reports and Publications
Reefs at Risk: A map-based indicator of threats to the world's coral reefs
The report, Reefs at Risk is the first global assessment of coral reefs to map areas at risk from overfishing, coastal development, and other human activity. The study finds that nearly 60 percent of the earth's coral reefs are threatened by human activity -- ranging from coastal development and overfishing to inland and marine pollution -- leaving much of the world's marine biodiversity at risk.
World Resources Institute
Status of coral reefs of the world: 1998
GCRMN (Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network)
Status of coral reefs of the world: 2000
GCRMN (Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network)
Other Articles and Documents
Biodiversity in the Marine Environment
World Resources Institute
Framework for Action Document - International Coral Reefs Initiative (PDF)
International Coral Reefs Initiative
Report: World's coral reefs in serious decline; overfishing worsens situation
Associated Press
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