#Status of Coral Reefs 2002 - International Coral Reef Action Network

Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2002
• Training and awareness raising at all levels is required to better appreciate the
concepts of conservation and sustainable use of coral reef resources.
Pakistan
• There is a need to locate and identify reef resources and develop the capacity to
assess them with a view towards conservation.
Sri Lanka
• Information collection and dissemination on the social and economic benefits
of coral reefs is required to convince decision makers of the need for reef
conservation;
• Communities reliant on the reefs require the development of alternative
sustainable livelihoods and assistance in vocational training to develop
alternative skills within fisher communities;
• Existing marine resource use plans need to be strengthened and implemented
and the capacity for management developed to adequately reflect the
importance of the coral reefs to Sri Lanka;
• Management of marine protected areas should be improved by delineating
boundaries, increasing capabilities of day to day management such as patrolling
and training of personnel, and educating local communities of the long term
benefits of sustainable use of reef resources.
REVIEWERS
Rohan Arthur, James Cook University, Australia; Barbara Brown, University of Newcastle, UK;
Alasdair Edwards, University of Newcastle, UK; Charles Sheppard, University of Warwick, UK;
Ole Vestergaard, IOC/UNESCO, Paris; Dan Wilhelmssen, Stockholm, Sweden; Susie
Westmacott, U.K.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank participants from the GCRMN South Asia who contributed not
only to this report, but also the continued progress within the region towards securing a
future for coral reef resources.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Muley EV, Alfred JRB, Venkataraman, K, Wafar MVM (2000). Status of coral reefs of India,
9 Int Coral Reef Symp Proceedings (in press).
Rajasuriya A, Zahir H, Muley EV, Subramanian BR, Venkataraman K, Wafar MVM,
Munjurul Hannan Khan SM, Whittingham E (2000). Status of Coral Reefs in South
Asia: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka. In: Wilkinson, C. (ed). Status of Coral
Reefs of the World: 2000, Australian Institute of Marine Science and Global Coral
Reef Monitoring Network, Townsville, 363p.
Kulkarni S (2002). Coral reef research in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; The
conservation status the coral reefs. (Report presented at GCRMN South Asia India
National workshop 8-10 September 2002)
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