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 ...
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.
The recently released report, Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India: Decadal Changes in Status and Management Paradigms, by ICRI Member, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI), and the Tamil Nadu government, provides an in-depth analysis of two decades of changes in the Gulf of Mannar’s coral reefs. This region, recognized for its ecological and economic ...
Coral reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India - Decadal changes ...
The flagship products of the GCRMN are the “Status of Coral Reefs of the World” reports. Since 1995, six global reports have been published by the network, with the sixth edition of the GCRMN “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020” report released in 2021 –and the first global quantitative assessment of coral reefs.
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