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

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1 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(www.icran.org)

2 Information Supports Capacity

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

4 Coral Reef Mapping UNEP-WCMC ReefBase

5 Coral Reef Monitoring GCRMN Reef Check

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

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

8 58% of the world’s reefs are at risk from human activitiesLowMediumHigh The Reefs at Risk Index

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10 CoastalDevelopment

11 Pollution and Sediment from Inland Sources

12 Marine-basedPollution

13 Overfishing

14 DestructiveFishing

15 Regional Priority Setting

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

17 Local Implementation Sabah, East Malaysia

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

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

22 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

23 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

24 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


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