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MEDIA KIT: Reefs at Risk

The Spanish version of Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean was released March 9, 2005.

News releases

2005 March 9. "Relatório do WRI diz que as crescentes atividades humanas ameaçam recifes de corais do Caribe". Quase dois terços dos recifes de corais no Caribe estão sob ameaça pelas atividades humanas, de acordo a um relatório dado a público hoje por cientistas do World Resources Institute (WRI)

2005 March 9. "Informe del WRI dice que el aumento de las actividades humanas amenaza los arrecifes coralinos del Caribe". Casi dos tercios de los arrecifes coralinos del Caribe están amenazados por las actividades humanas, según un informe publicado hoy por científicos del World Resources Institute (WRI).

2005 March 9. "WRI report says increasing human activities threaten Caribbean coral reefs". Nearly two-thirds of coral reefs in the Caribbean are threatened by human activities, according to a report released today by scientists at the World Resources Institute (WRI).

2004 September 29. "WRI report says human activities threaten bulk of Caribbean coral reefs". Nearly two-thirds of coral reefs in the Caribbean are threatened by human activities, according to a new report by scientists at the World Resources Institute (WRI).

2002 May 21. "Scientists call for better management of Indonesia’s coral reefs". Scientists today urged the government to better conserve and manage Indonesia’s coral reefs, the most extensive and one of the most threatened in Southeast Asia.

2002 March 5. "Scientists call for better management of region’s coral reefs". Coral reef condition in Malaysia and throughout Southeast Asia is declining.

2002 February 27. "WRI maps paint grim picture of Vietnam's coral reefs". Detailed analysis of threats to Southeast Asia's coral reefs indicate that Vietnam's coral reefs are among the most threatened in the region.

2002 February 14. "WRI maps more threats to epicenter of global marine diversity". Results from the most detailed analysis of Southeast Asia's coral reef ecosystems indicate that the threats facing the world's most important and extensive reefs are higher than originally estimated.

Publications and papers

	Authors: World Resources Institute (WRI) and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 2006. Land-based Sources of Threat to Coral Reefs in the US Virgin Islands. World Resources Institute (WRI) and US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Atlas provides a series of spatial indicators of watershed-based sources of threat to coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands.
	Authors: Lauretta Burke, Jonathan Maidens y autores contribuyentes: Mark Spalding, Philip Kramer, Edmund Green, Suzie Greenhalgh, Hillary Nobles, Johnathan Kool. 2005. Arrecifes en Peligro en el Caribe. El proyecto ofrece los elementos necesarios para una mejor comprensión de la relacion entre actividades humanas y el condicion de ecosistemas arrecifales en el Caribe.
	Authors: Lauretta Burke and John Maidens. 2005. Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean Data CD. The Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean Data CD contains the range of data assembled and model results developed under the project (with metadata).
	Authors: Oleh:* Lauretta Burke, Liz Selig, Mark Spalding.* 2002. Terumbu Karang Yang Terancam di Asia Tenggara. Bahasa Indonesian version of Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia.
	Authors: Lauretta Burke (WRI), Liz Selig (WRI), and Mark Spalding (UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK). 2002. Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia. Provides a detailed analysis of threats to coral reefs across Southeast Asia and provides an economic valuation of what will be lost if these threats -- destructive fishing, overfishing, marine-based and inland pollution, coastal development -- continue.
	Authors: Dirk Bryant, Lauretta Burke, John McManus, and Mark Spalding. 1998. Reefs at Risk: A map-based indicator of potential threats to the world's coral reefs. This global analysis evaluates human pressure on coral reefs for 55,000 coral reef locations worldwide.

WRI projects

Reefs at Risk. Raising awareness about human pressure on coral reefs and providing resource managers with specific information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.

Reefs at Risk Belize: Improving the information base for better management of coral reefs. Seeks to improve access to information on coral reefs in Belize in support of better management of coastal resources.

Reefs at Risk in Southeast Asia. Raising awareness about human pressure on coral reefs in Southeast Asia and providing resource managers with specific information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.

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

2004 September 22

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