PURPOSE

The Coral Reef Unit is helping to lead international effort to save the planet's threatened coral reefs. It works actively with international partners around the world in a concerted effort to reverse coral reef degradation and to increase international, national and local support for coral reef conservation and sustainable use. It is responsible for UNEP's participation in the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) and other international programmes, and provides the administrative base for the ICRAN Coordinating Unit. The Coral Reef Unit has occasionally published a web newsletter: bREEFings.

For further information, see Objectives and Strategy of the Coral Reef Unit and some progress reports. An new web page for the Coral Reef Unit has been established at UNEP headquarters, and will eventually replace this site if it is updated regularly: http://corals.unep.org/. See also the UNEP DEPI site at http://www.unep.org/DEPI/special_projects/icran.html

Head, Coral Reef Unit
Stefan Hain, the Head of the Coral Reef Unit, provides global leadership and builds international partnerships for the assessment, protection and sustainable management of coral reefs and related ecosystems. He directs the Coral Reef Unit, leads UNEP's involvement in the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) and other international initiatives, oversees the coordination and integration of coral reef activities within UNEP, and ensures that coral reefs are given due consideration in other international activities, events and programmes.

Dr. Hain, a German national, has a PhD in marine biology. He was expert advisor for the German Ministry for Science and Technology from 1992 – 1994, and Deputy Secretary of the OSPAR Regional Sea Convention for the North-East Atlantic from 1994 – 2000. He worked as marine environmental consultant for European governments and the European Commission from 2000-2001. In 2002 he became senior programme officer at UNEP-WCMC with a focus on harmonization and synergies of national reporting and information management in support of the implementation of biodiversity-related MEAs. He was also involved in the UNEP-facilitated processes to establish a Global Marine Assessment (GMA). He became Head of UNEP's Coral Reef Unit (CRU) in May 2003.

Address:
Stefan Hain, Ph.D.
Head, Coral Reef Unit (CRU)
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 277314
Fax: +44 1223 277136
E-mail: Stefan.Hain @ unep-wcmc.org

ICRAN Director (Cambridge)
(vacant)
The ICRAN Director is responsible for the ICRAN Coordinating Unit, coordinates the implementation of projects conducted as part of the International Coral Reef Action Network, represents ICRAN, contributes to fund-raising for ICRAN, prepares reports on ICRAN, and provides support to the ICRAN Board and Steering Committee.

Kristian Teleki (below) is presently the acting ICRAN Director.

Address:

Kristian A. Teleki
Acting ICRAN Director
ICRAN Coordinating Unit
UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 277314
Fax: +44 1223 277136
E-mail: kteleki @ icran.org

Assistant Director, ICRAN (Cambridge)
Kristian Teleki, who is Assistant Director (and Acting Director) in the ICRAN Coordinating Unit, supports the ICRAN Director in the coordination and implementation of ICRAN, including public information activities.

He is completing his PhD at University of Cambridge in coral reef ecology. He is Chairman of Reef Conservation UK, associate editor of Reef Encounter, newsletter of the International Society for Reef Studies, and has more than a decade of field experience on coral reefs in the Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, Netherlands Antilles and Seychelles.

Address: 
Kristian A. Teleki
Assistant Director, ICRAN
ICRAN Coordinating Unit
UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 277314
Fax: +44 1223 277136
E-mail: kteleki @ icran.org

Head, Marine and Coastal Programme (Cambridge)
Edmund Green, Head of the Marine and Coastal Programme at the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, is also affiliated with the UNEP Coral Reef Unit.

He manages UNEP-WCMC's active programmes, and develops others with a wide range of international collaborators. Ed's research interests include coral reef mapping, marine protected areas, coral diseases and the trade in coral reef organisms. His field experience of reefs and tropical coastal management has been gained throughout the Wider Caribbean, SE Asia and the Pacific. 

Address:
Ed Green, PhD
Head, Marine and Coastal Programme
UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
219 Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 277314
Fax; +44 1223 277136
E-mail: ed.green @ unep-wcmc.org