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ICRAN and Partners Other Coral Reef Organizations Key References on Coral Reefs Other Relevant Links International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) http://www.icran.org ICRAN Caribbean: http://www.cep.unep.org/programmes/spaw/icran/icran.htm International
Coral Reef Information Network
ICRAN Partners Caribbean Environment Programme:
http://www.cep.unep.org/
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL): http://www.coralreefalliance.org/ East Asian Seas
- Regional Coordinating Unit (EAS/RCU):
Eastern African Regional Seas Programme: http://www.unep.org/eaf/index.asp Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network: http://www.gcrmn.org/ International Coral Reef Initiative
(ICRI) Secretariat: http://www.icriforum.org
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ReefCheck: http://www.ReefCheck.org/ Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP): http://www.sprep.org.ws/ United Nations Environment Programme:
http://www.unep.org/
- http://www.unep.net/
WorldFish Center (formerly ICLARM):
http://www.worldfishcenter.org/
World Resources Institute (WRI): http://www.wri.org World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF):
http://www.wwf.org/andhttp://www.panda.org/
Other Coral Reef Organizations International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Forum: http://www.icriforum.org Australian Institute of Marine Science: http://www.aims.gov.au/index.html IFRACOR French Coral Reef Initiative: http://www.environnement.gouv.fr/ifrecor/default.htm Marine Aquarium Council: http://www.aquariumcouncil.org/ National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE) - USA: http://www.ncoremiami.org NOAA Coral Health and Monitoring Program - USA: http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/ NOAA Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
- USA:
United States Coral Reef Task Force: http://coralreef.gov/
Key References on Coral Reefs Coral Reefs and Global Change: Adaptation, Acclimation or Extinction (symposium report 1998): http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/themes/coral_cg.html Reefs at Risk: http://www.wri.org/wri/indictrs/reefrisk.htm
Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2002: http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/research/coral-bleaching/scr2002/scr-00.html UNEP-WCMC World Atlas
of Coral Reefs (2001):
UNEP-WCMC Global Coral Disease Database:
Coral Reef Tips for Travellers (from
UNEP DTIE):
Primary School Wildlife in Danger series:
Coral Reefs (by TES and UNEP-WCMC):
Dugong Status Report and Action Plans for Countries and Territories (from UNEP DEWA): http://www.unep.org/dewa/reports/dugongreport.asp Coral Reef Sub-theme Report for the
Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership:
Other relevant links Convention on Biological Diversity: http://www.biodiv.org/ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: http://www.cites.org/ GESAMP - Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection: http://gesamp.imo.org/ Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA): http://www.giwa.net/ Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS): http://ioc.unesco.org/goos/ Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA-LBA): http://www.gpa.unep.org/ International Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention): http://www.ramsar.org/ Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partnership: http://www.igospartners.org IOC-UNESCO Ocean Portal: http://www.oceanportal.org Millennium Ecosystems Assessment: http://www.ma-secretariat.org/ Protect the Living Reef (Project Aware Foundation - PADI): http://www.livingreef.org/ UNEP Islands web page: http://islands.unep.ch/ UNEP Regional Seas: http://www.unep.ch/seas/ UNEP Tourism - Coral Reefs: http://www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/sensitive/coral.htm UN System-wide Earthwatch: http://earthwatch.unep.net
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