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Some 60 percent at risk

Although coral occupy less than one quarter of 1 percent of the marine environment, coral reefs are home to more than a quarter of all known marine fish species. They provide food, livelihood and other essential services for hundreds of millions of coastal dwellers, most in developing countries, whether as critical fish habitat, popular destinations for ecotourism, living space, or protection to coastal communities from storms and hurricanes. At least 500 million people live within 100 km of a coral reef, most of them in the South East Asian region, around the Indian Ocean, and in the Caribbean. Globally, coral reef fisheries support 30 to 40 million people.

Alarmingly, reefs around the world are in a state of rapid decline, and the trend of decline in coral reefs is currently intensifying. The Reefs at Risk study, released in mid-1998 jointly by UNEP, ICLARM, the World Resources Institute and the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, shows that as much as 60 percent of the reefs are at risk from overfishing, destructive fishing, pollution and sedimentation from the erosion of coastal lands. "Coral reefs may be the ecosystem equivalent of the canary in the coal mine, giving early warning that the world's ecosystems can no longer cope with growing human impacts," says Klaus Toepfer, UNEP's Executive Director.

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Title	Honolulu Declaration ( DOCUMENT )
Author(s) / Editor(s)	Nature Conservancy and IUCN
Description	The Nature Conservancy convened a workshop of global ocean experts on Honolulu in August 2008 to draft the Honolulu Declaration on Ocean Acidification and Coral Reef Management. This document describes the threat of ocean acidification and then presents a summary of recommendations for managers and policy makers that address the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef systems.
Keywords	CORAL REEF MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
Content Language(s)	English
File Location	1232371224318_Final_Declaration.pdf
Web Address	http://www.nature.org/wh ... o_app.pdf
Type of Document	Declaration
Document Status	Finished
Publication Date	August 2008
Hard Copy Availability	Elizabeth McLeod (emcleod@tnc.org)
Additional Links	http://www.nature.org/
Related to Topics	Coral Reefs (12725); Coral Reefs (2549); Ocean-atmosphere interface (2188); Understanding climate change (13013)

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