FROM WWF
website:
Coral Triangle
The Coral
Triangle, the global centre of marine biodiversity, is a 6 million km2 area
spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste
and the Solomon Islands.
Within this nursery
of the seas live 76% of the world’s coral species, 6 of the world’s 7 marine
turtle species, and at least 2,228 reef fish species.
Why is the Coral Triangle important?
The
staggering natural productivity of the Coral Triangle region not only makes it
unique for its wildlife and marine and coastal ecosystems, but also for the
benefits derived for local communities and governments.
Consider this:
* 120 million:
people directly sustained by the marine and coastal resources of the Coral
Triangle
* US$2.4
billion: sustainable fisheries benefit for all of Southeast Asia from coral
reefs1
* US$12
billion: size of the Coral Triangle nature-based tourism industry, which
includes sites such as Tubbataha, Komodo, Sipadan (East Borneo), and Raja Ampat
There are serious problems
Rising
temperature from global warming may cause higher rates of coral mortality and
even local extinction in isolated, small populations. The 1997-98 El Niño
weather event triggered the largest worldwide coral bleaching event ever
recorded. In Southeast Asia, an estimated 18% of the region's coral reefs were
damaged or destroyed.1
Meanwhile,
across the Indo-Pacific region, 79% of spawning aggregations (reproductive
gatherings) of reef fish have stopped forming or are in decline.2 Tuna, shark
fin, turtle products and reef fish are also being taken out of the water at
unsustainable rates.
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WWF, klik disini..
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