Publications
Reefs at Risk
Raising awareness of threats to coral reefs and providing information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.
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Reefs at Risk Revisited in the Coral Triangle
by Lauretta Burke, Katie Reytar, Mark Spalding and Allison Perry - July 2012The World Resources Institute produced the report in close collaboration with the USAID-funded Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP).
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2011 Eco-Audit of the Mesoamerican Reef Countries
by Benjamin Kushner and Health Reefs Initiative (HRI) - February 2012The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) provides a diverse array of goods and services to the people of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. It is our shared heritage. Unfortunately, the health of the reef is declining, as documented by
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Reefs at Risk Revisited
by Lauretta Burke, Katie Reytar, Mark Spalding and Allison Perry - February 2011This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral reefs.
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Watershed Analysis for the Mesoamerican Reef
by Lauretta Burke, Zachary Sugg, contributions from: Will Heyman, Shin Kobara, Laurent Cherubin, Christopher Kuchinke, Claire Paris and Johnathan Kool - December 2006 -
Land-based Sources of Threat to Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands
by World Resources Institute (WRI) and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - February 2006Alteration of the natural landscape for development, road construction, or agriculture can have adverse impacts on coral reefs through increased delivery of sediment and pollution to coastal waters.
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Belize Coastal Threat Atlas
by Lauretta Burke and Jon Maidens - September 2005Coastal ecosystems of Belize are threatened by both local threats (coastal development, pollution, sediments, overfishing) and broader scale threats (transboundary sediment and pollution, coral bleaching, coral disease).
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Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean
by Lauretta Burke, Jon Maidens and contributing authors: Mark Spalding, Philip Kramer, Edmund Green, Suzie Greenhalgh, Hillary Nobles and Jonathan Kool - September 2004Many people in coastal communities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean depend on the natural resources provided by reefs for their livelihoods.
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Highlighting Coral Reefs in Coastal Planning and Management in Sabah, Malaysia
by Lauretta Burke - June 2003This project used the tools, techniques and data developed under the Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia project to implement more detailed analyses of threats to coastal resources in Sabah in close collaboration with local partners.
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Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia
by Lauretta Burke, Liz Selig (WRI), Mark Spalding (UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge and UK) - February 2002Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia CD
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Reefs at Risk
A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World's Coral Reefs
by Lauretta Burke, Dirk Bryant, John McManus and Mark Spalding - June 1998