Managing for the Future: a programme to reverse degradation of coral reefs and related ecosystems and enhance livelihoods in the Pacific Islands Region

Abstract

The International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), established in the year 2000, is a collaborative effort working to halt and reverse the decline in health of the world's coral reefs. ICRAN was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), WorldFish Center (formerly ICLARM), World Resources Institute (WRI), UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC), Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Secretariat, Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). These founding partners came together in a public-private response to the "Call to Action" of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) and to help implement the "Framework for Action", the internationally agreed blueprint for conservation of coral reefs.