International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) …working to halt and reverse the decline in the world’s coral reefs ICRAN implements the ICRI Framework for Action Lauretta Burke(

Information Supports Capacity

Information Needs for Improved Management Reef Location Reef Condition \ Monitoring Threat Analysis Management Recommendations \ Best Practices Value of Coral Reefs

Coral Reef Mapping UNEP-WCMC ReefBase

Coral Reef Monitoring GCRMN Reef Check

Threat Analysis Reefs at Risk Series  Southeast Asia  Caribbean  Local Area Implementation

Reefs at Risk Series Global Regional National Local Raising awareness Setting priorities Planning solutions Policy change

58% of the world’s reefs are at risk from human activitiesLowMediumHigh The Reefs at Risk Index

CoastalDevelopment

Pollution and Sediment from Inland Sources

Marine-basedPollution

Overfishing

DestructiveFishing

Regional Priority Setting

Reef area estimate- 26,000 sq. km. (26% of regional total) Philippines

Local Implementation Sabah, East Malaysia

Reefs at Risk Caribbean LBS Pollution Coastal Development Overfishing Coral Bleaching Coral Disease

Economic Valuation Value of Healthy Coral Reefs Economic Loss from Reef Degradation ICLARM / WRI collaboration for Caribbean

Management \ Best Practices ICRAN Demonstration and Target Sites: identified in Caribbean, East Africa, East Asia and the South Pacific Pairing of demonstration & target sites to enhance learning and communication

ICRAN Status Timeline: midway in Year 2 Partners: CORAL, GCRMN, ICRI Secretariat, Reef Check, SPREP, The WorldFish Centre, UNEP, UNEP RCUs, UNEP-WCMC, WRI, WWF Geography: now includes all 7 regional seas - a truly global network Demonstration and Target Sites: identified in Caribbean, East Africa, East Asia and the South Pacific

Some ICRAN successes Closure of cement factory mining corals - a result of public awareness in Ninh Thuan Improvement of tourist & public awareness facilities - Malindi Watamu Reserve First ICRAN Regional ‘Experience Sharing’ Workshop for demonstration & target sites Socio-economic assessment & monitoring - Sian Ka‘an Biosphere Reserve