The Coral Triangle in the Pacific Ocean
Wednesday, 17 December 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt Category/Kategorie: General
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The Coral Triangle is a geographical term so named as it refers to a roughly triangular area of the tropical marine waters of
Indonesia ,
Malaysia ,
Papua New Guinea ,
Philippines ,
Solomon Islands and
Timor-Leste that contain at least 500 species of reef-building corals in each
ecoregion . This region encompasses portions of two
biogeographic regions : the Indonesian-Philippines Region, and the Far Southwestern Pacific Region. The Coral Triangle is recognized as the global centre of marine biodiversity and a global priority for conservation. It also called the “Amazon of the seas” and covers 5.7 million square kilometers of ocean waters. Its biological resources sustain the lives of over 120 million people. According to the
Coral Triangle Knowledge Network , about $3 billion in fisheries exports and another $3 billion in coastal tourism revenues are derived as annual foreign exchange income in the region.
The WWF considers the region a top priority for marine conservation, and the organization is addressing the threats it faces through its Coral Triangle Program, launched in 2007. More than 3,000 species of fish live in the Coral Triangle, including the largest fish – the whale shark, and the coelacanth . It also provides habitat to six out of the world’s seven marine turtle species. The large area and extraordinary range of habitats and environmental conditions have played a major role in maintaining the staggering biodiversity of the Coral Triangle.
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The biodiversity and natural productivity of the Coral Triangle are under threat from poor marine management (including coastal development, and overfishing and destructive fishing), lack of political will, poverty, a high market demand and local disregard for rare and threatened species, and
climate change . An estimated 120 million people live within the Coral Triangle, of which approximately 2.25 million are fishers who depend on healthy seas to make a living. These threats are putting at risk livelihoods, economies and future market supplies for species such as tuna. Studies have highlighted the alarming decline of coral cover in this region.
The Coral Triangle is the subject of high-level conservation efforts by the region’s governments, nature conservation organizations such as
World Wide Fund for Nature ,
The Nature Conservancy and
Conservation International , and donor agencies such as the
Asian Development Bank , the
Global Environment Facility and
USAID .
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Coral Triangle Initiative and
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