Lauretta Burke is a Senior Associate in WRI’s Information Program and Biological Resources Program.
Jon Maidens is an Associate in WRI’s Information Program and Biological Resources Program.
The Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean project would not have been possible without the encouragement and financial support provided by the United Nations Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the United Nations Environment Programme - Caribbean Environment Programme, the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, the Henry Foundation, the World Bank / GEF Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Project, the National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research, the Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense, and the World Fish Center. The Reefs at Risk project is part of the International Coral Reef Action Network, a collaboration developed to reverse the decline of the world’s coral reefs.
The World Resources Institute gratefully acknowledges the many partners and colleagues who contributed to this project. (See list of Contributing Institutions for full institutional names.) We thank Philip Kramer (TNC) and Robert Ginsburg (AGRRA) for the provision of AGRRA data and guidance with the threat analysis; Mark Spalding (University of Cambridge) for sharing his knowledge of Caribbean coral reefs; Hillary Nobles (IRF) for compiling information on coral reef condition; Serge Andréfouët (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) and Christine Kranenburg (USF) for coral reef maps; Jennifer Gebelein (FIU), Steve Rohmann and Aurelie Shapiro (NOAA) for land cover classifications; Ed Green, Corinna Ravilious, Emily Corcoran, Michelle Taylor, and Ed McManus (UNEP-WCMC) for providing maps of coral reefs and marine protected areas; Al Strong, William Skirving, Scott Baron and Andrew Barton (NOAA) for information on warming seas; Melanie McField (WWF) for reviewing the watershed model; Johnathan Kool (NCORE), Steven Menard, and Janet Nackoney (WRI) for support on GIS; John McManus, Cara Dickman, and NCORE staff, Marilyn Brandt, Wade Cooper, and Aletta Yniguez for organizing the project workshop; Ian Gillett (Belize Coastal Zone Management Institute), Julie Robinson (NASA), and Kathleen Sullivan Seeley (UM) for satellite images and coral reef maps; Bruce Potter (IRF) for sharing information throughout the Caribbean community; Rich Iovanna (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) for assisting with validation of the threat model; Mahfuz Ahmed and Chiew Kieok Chong (World Fish), Suzanne Garrett (UM), Bob Leeworthy (NOAA), Suzie Greenhalgh and Siet Meijer (WRI), and Herman Cesar (Cesar Environmental Economics Consulting) for data, ideas, guidance, and review of the economic valuation; Dulce Linton and George Warner (UWI) for coral data and expert review; Clive Wilkinson (GCRMN) for providing links to the network; Uwe Deichmann (World Bank) for plume module implementation; Gregor Hodgson and Craig Shuman (Reef Check) for their data; Alessandra Vanzella-Khouri, Luc St-Pierre, Malden Miller, Nelson Andrade (UNEP-CEP), and Kristian Teleki and Alison Glass (ICRAN) for their guidance and support; and Barbara Best, Laura Cornwell (USAID), and Angel Braestrup (Munson Foundation) for their steadfast encouragement.
In addition to many of those already mentioned, the following people provided valuable input through participation in the Reefs at Risk threat analysis workshop (October 2002 in Miami): Oscar Alvarez (ICRAN-MAR Project), Billy Causey (Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary), Richard Curry (Biscayne National Park), Jaime Garzon-Ferreira (Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras), Hector Guzmann (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute), Milton Haughton (CARICOM Fisheries Unit), Noel Jacobs (MBRS), Michelle Libby (TNC), Brian Luckhurst (Bermuda Fisheries), Liana McManus (RSMAS), Peter Murray (OECS Natural Resources Management Unit), Jamie Oliver (World Fish), Hazel Oxenford (UWI), Caroline Rogers (USGS), Luc St. Pierre (UNEP/CEP), Elizabeth Taylor (CORALINA), and Ernesto Weil (University of Puerto Rico).
Many people provided input on the analysis of overfishing including: Richard Appledorn (University of Puerto Rico), Julio Baisre (Ministry of the Fishing Industry of Cuba), Daniel Matos-Caraballo (Fisheries Research Laboratory, Puerto Rico DNER), Bob Glazer (Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission), Paul Hoetjes (Dept. of Public Health and Environment, Netherlands Antilles), Barbara Kojis (Division of Fish and Wildlife, USVI DPNR), Craig Lilyestrom (Marine Resources Division, Puerto Rico DNER), Ken Lindeman (ED), Robin Mahon (Independent), John Munro (World Fish), Richard Nemeth (University of the Virgin Islands), Christy Pattengill-Semmens (REEF), Juan Posada (Universidad Simón Bolívar), Lionel Reynal (Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer), and Mike Smith (Conservation International).
Invaluable assistance with data and review of information on marine protected areas was provided by Carola Borja (Conservation International), Julia Brownlee (NOAA), Phillippe Bush (Dept. of Environment, Cayman Islands), Reinaldo Estrada (Centro Nacional de Areas Protegidas, Cuba), Jose L. Gerhartz (UWI Center for Environment and Development), Mike Mascia (USEPA), Jeannette Mateo (TNC), Kalli de Meyer (Coral Resource Management), and Kim Thurlow (TNC).
We would like to thank the following formal reviewers of the report who provided valuable comments on the manuscript and maps: Jorge Cortés (Universidad de Costa Rica), George Warner (UWI), Herman Cesar (Cesar Environmen tal Economics Consulting), Georgina Bustamante (Independent), Kristian Teleki (ICRAN), John McManus (NCORE), and Philip Kramer (TNC). Internal reviewers from WRI include Marta Miranda, Yumiko Kura, Suzie Greenhalgh, Jonathan Pershing, Steve Cox, and AnnMarie DeRose. Special thanks to Dan Tunstall and David Jhirad for their many reviews of the draft and steady encouragement, and to Gayle Coolidge for her skillful management of the review process.
The following people reviewed specific parts of the text, provided data or general support: Richard Murphy (Ocean Futures Society); Bente Christensen (InterAmerican Development Bank); Pedro Alcolado (Institute of Oceanology, Cuba); Arthur Paterson, Roger Griffis, and Andy Bruckner (NOAA); Marea Hatziolos (World Bank); Daniel Prager (WRI); Marc Rammelare (National Environment and Planning Agency, Jamaica); Mercedes Silva (Caribbean Tourism Organization); Toby Gardner (University of East Anglia); Gillian Cambers (University of Puerto Rico); Steve Schill, Annette Huggins, and Tony Chatwin (TNC); Douglas Beard and Dan Phillips (USGS); Dan Zimble (ESRI); Ken Kassem (Independent); Anita Daley (Independent); Tom Laughlin, Nancy Daves, and Elizabeth McLanahan (NOAA); and Dick Wilbur (Department of State).
Many other staff at WRI contributed to this project through publication, financial management, and outreach assistance including Adlai Amor, Beth Bahs-Ahern, Hyacinth Billings, Peter Denton, Chris Elias, Paul Mackie, Greg Mock, Georgia Moyka, and Elsie Vélez-Whited. Special thanks to Camila Bonifaz for cheerful support throughout the project.
The report was edited by Kathleen Lynch and Karen Holmes. Many thanks for the valuable proofreading by Jo Tunstall and Elizabeth Selig. The report was embellished through the layout by Maggie Powell and the beautiful photographs provided by Wolcott Henry, Toni Parras, Krishna Desai, Mark Spalding, Andy Bruckner, and Ed Green.
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