Lagoon Monitoring: an easy guide - Manual for coastal communities in Mauritius

Abstract

Coral reefs around the world are under threat with 19% considered "effectively lost" (heavily degraded to the point of being non-functional), 15% are at a critical stage (will be lost in 10 to 20 years unless actions are taken), 20% are threatened and 46% at low risk (stable or not threatened by human impacts).