Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean

Improving coastal resource management and coral reef protection by providing comprehensive information on threats to coral reefs, the value of goods and services provided by these ecosystems, and economic losses that will result from their degradation.

Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean is part of a series that began with a global analysis, Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs, released in 1998. Subsequently, region-specific projects refined the original model, incorporated a much higher-resolution analysis, and provided an improved tool for analyzing the impacts of human activities on reefs. The first of these regional analyses, Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia, was released in 2002. The Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project was a two-year collaborative effort involving more than 20 partner institutions. The publication was released in 2004.

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