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On the Web: Coral Reefs

Action Atlas: Coral Reefs
Country-by-country review of reef status, divers’ guide and links to related sites.

Australian Institute of Marine Science
Site includes details of coral reef research and the full text of the publication Status of Coral Reefs of the World.

Climate Change, Coral Bleaching and the Future of the World's Coral Reefs
Report for Greenpeace prepared by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, director of the Coral Reef Research Institute.

CoRIS
Accessible, informative site providing a single entry point for extensive coral reef information and data products.

Coral Health and Monitoring Program
The purpose of the Coral-List listserver is to provide a forum for Internet discussions and announcements among coral health researchers pertaining to coral reef health and monitoring throughout the world. The list is primarily for use by coral health researchers and scientists.

Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Comprehensive site maintained by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, providing up-to-date assessment and links to related sites.

Coral Reef Alliance
Site includes educational material, photos, diver reports, related links and an international NGO directory.

Coral Reef Ecology
Introduction to coral reef ecology, with reference to the technical literature.

Coral Reef Research Centre
Research news, conference information, related links and educational material concerning the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs in general.

Coral Reef Research Institute
The mission of the Coral Reef Research Institute is to enhance the conservation and good management of coral reefs through education and research.

Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to Bleaching
Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to Bleaching, from the World Conservation Union and the Nature Conservancy, shows that the fate of corals may not yet be sealed. By fighting other stress factors such as pollution or overfishing impacting on coral reefs, reefs will be able to better adapt to climate change impacts. Published October 2006

Coral Reef Web Sites
The Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne makes available listings of web sites concerned with coral reefs and other coastal resources and coastal zone management.

Coral Reefs and Global Climate Change
On-line report from the Pew Centre, detailing the potential impact of climate change on the world's coral reefs.

Coral Reefs and Mangroves of the World
Maintained by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, contains maps of the world distribution of coral reefs and mangroves and background information.

Coral reef photography
Extensive gallery of coral reef photos.

Coral reefs
Glossary on coral reefs from NOAA.

Erosion of Low-lying Reef Islands
In a Tiempo article, Paul Kench and Peter Cowell present methodological developments in assessing the effect of sea-level rise on the erosion of low-lying reef islands.

Global Change and Coral Reefs
In a Tiempo article, Barrie Pittock summarizes the factors that are affecting the world’s coral reefs.

Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network works hard to improve management and conservation of coral reefs by providing manuals, equipment, databases, training, problem solving, and helps with finding funds for reef monitoring - all coordinated in a global network.

Implications of Climate Change for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Report commissioned by WWF Australia and the Queensland Tourism Industry Council on how Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may look in an overheating world, prepared by economist Hans Hoegh-Guldberg and reef expert Ove Hoegh-Guldberg.

International Coral Reef Action Network
The International Coral Reef Action Network is a global partnership of coral reef experts who are working to halt and reverse the decline of the health of the world's coral reefs.

Jurassic Reef Park
A virtual tour of the reefs of the Jurassic Period.

Mangroves for the Future
Mangroves for the Future, led by the World Conservation Union, is a multi-agency, multi-country initiative for the long-term conservation and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, coral reefs, wetlands, forests, lagoons, estuaries, beaches and sandy shores.

Marine Biology Learning Center
Introduction to various aspects of coral reef science and related subjects.

Our People on the Reef
Jane Resture comments on the plight of the Pacific islands.

R2 ReefResilience
ReefResilience is the place to find information about building resilience into coral reef management strategies.

Reef Check
Reef Check is a volunteer, ocean conservation organization designed to save coral reefs globally and temperate reefs in California.

Reef Relief
Reef Relief is a non profit grassroots membership organization dedicated to preserve and protect living coral reef ecosystems through local, regional and international efforts.

ReefBase
A global information system on coral reefs. Online database in collaboration with global monitoring programmes provides extensive information on all related issues such as status, threats, management and GIS datasets for 100 countries and territories.

Reefnet
Intended to increase understanding of reef ecosystems, includes news about NGO activities.

Autogenerated: 11 Oct 2008

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