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- What are corals? - ICRI
Coral reefs are the largest living structure on the planet, and the only living structure to be visible from space As we currently know them, coral reefs have evolved on earth over the past 200 to 300 million years, and over this evolutionary history, perhaps the most unique feature of corals is the highly evolved form of symbiosis
- The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event | ICRI
Networks such as the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, an operational network of ICRI, and the US Coral Reef Task Force, provide mechanisms for reporting on the impact of bleaching on the World’s coral reefs, alongside regional bleaching observation networks “Long-term data on of coral reef condition can put events like this into context
- 84% of the world’s coral reefs impacted in the most intense global . . .
New 5-km Coral Bleaching Products - Higher spatial resolution is the improvement to NOAA Coral Reef Watch remote-sensing products most requested by coral reef ecosystem scientists and resource managers NOAA Coral Reef Watch and its partners have developed a new experimental daily global 5 km coral bleaching thermal stress monitoring product suite, now available on the Coral Reef Watch web
- Over 40% of coral species face extinction – IUCN Red List
Forty-four per cent of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (TM) reveals following a global assessment announced today at the ongoing COP29 UN climate conference in Azerbaijan The conservation status of 892 warm-water reef-building coral species has now been reassessed for the IUCN Red List, and analysis shows that 44% are
- CORAL REEF RESTORATION - International Coral Reef Initiative
Coral reef restoration is increasingly advocated for as a management strategy to combat dramatic declines in coral health and cover globally It is also increasingly suggested as a mechanism to help countries deliver on national and international commitments under various multilateral environmental agreements
- The Coral Reef Economy - International Coral Reef Initiative
A quantitative model of selected interactions between live coral cover and the economic returns generated by three sectors that benefit directly from coral reefs – tourism, coastal development and commercial fisheries – was applied to two case study regions: the Coral Triangle in South East Asia and the Mesoamerican Reef in the Caribbean
- Coral reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India - Decadal changes . . .
The Gulf of Mannar’s coral reefs are vital for marine biodiversity, coastal protection, and the livelihoods of thousands of fisherfolk Continued conservation and adaptive management are essential to ensure their survival amidst escalating climatic and human pressures Read the full report and summary here
- Coral Restoration Database - ICRI
The Coral Restoration Database is now being hosted on the ICRI Forum it was previously hosted by the team at James Cook University who developed the Database after synthesising the available knowledge of coral restoration methods in a review paper (published January 2020), incorporating data from the peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with grey literature and a survey of coral
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