Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
PEW Centre on Global Climate Change
Publication Year:
2004
Publication Place
UNKNOWN
Physical Description:
56 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36346
Legacy PEIN ID:
76353
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Global climate change
Abstract
Coral reefs represent some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on Earth, providing critical habitat to approximately 25 percent of marine species. In addition, these ecosystems provide economic benefits through tourism and fisheries. One recent estimate valued the annual net economic benefits of the worlds coral reefs at $30 billion. However, human activities including development in coastal areas, over-fishing, and pollution have contributed to a global loss of over 10 percent of these valuable ecosystems. An additional 15 percent have been lost due to warming of the surface ocean, and climate change will further contribute to coral reef degradation in the decades ahead.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
PEW Centre on Global Climate Change
Publication Year:
2004
Publication Place
UNKNOWN
Physical Description:
56 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36346
Legacy PEIN ID:
76353
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 19-Mar-2010
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022