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Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2002 40,000km 2 . Atolls occur on drowned sea mounts in Tuvalu, as well as the Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia. Patch reefs occur in most countries. The majority of reefs are in good condition but are under increasing pressure from anthropogenic impacts as well as climate change, and some reefs have been severely degraded. The status of reefs reported in the previous ‘Status 2000’ report was based mostly on anecdotal information, as quality data were lacking. The national monitoring coordinators reported that their reef resources were being damaged by coastal development and over-fishing. They acknowledged that reef monitoring was hindered by poor coordination and knowledge of the marine resources. The IMR-Southwest Pacific Node has advanced towards mitigating some of the problems in monitoring identified by the countries, mainly through financial assistance of the Conservation Action Fund, the International Ocean Institute – Pacific Islands, and the Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Program – Phase II (C-SPODP II). The need for 182
Status of Coral Reefs in the Southwest Pacific continuing support of the member countries, individuals, NGOs and the private sector cannot be overstated. There are still major gaps and the calls for assistance from external partners are re-emphasised. UPDATE IMR-SOUTHWEST PACIFIC NODE 2000-2002 The Node received financial support from the Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Program – Phase II (CSPODP II) USP 05 to fund an inaugural workshop in August 2001 in Fiji (Naviti 2001 report). There were 39 participants from 34 organisations, including the Coordinators of GCRMN and ReefBase, the coordinators of 3 other Pacific Nodes (Polynesian Mana, Micronesia, Australia-PNG) and SPREP. National monitoring action plans were presented and revised during the workshop and the 4 following recommendations were presented to the ICRI-Coordination and Planning Committee meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, November 2001: • As a matter of urgency, training assistance in sampling design, data entry, and database design and management, needs to be provided in support of the GCRMN at the national and regional levels in Pacific Island Countries; • A Pacific Regional Node Coordinator of the GCRMN be employed full-time, and based at a suitable organisation, for example the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to work in close collaboration with existing Nodes and National Coordinators; • The positions of National GCRMN Coordinators should be partially or fully funded, in those nations where institutional support for monitoring is fragile; • All countries should obtain old or ‘exported’ data for addition to National databases and ReefBase and that donors provide assistance to countries to obtain these data. Where possible, countries should resurvey these sites to obtain long-term data sets. STATUS OF CORAL REEFS Coral reefs in the southwest Pacific are generally in good condition, however, the pressures are increasing from exploitation for subsistence and income generation, increases in sea temperatures resulting in widespread bleaching and other anthropogenic impacts, such as pollution, mining and refuse disposal. Coral bleaching has been an important phenomenon affecting coral reefs within the region since 2000, with almost continuous bleaching throughout the period 2000-2002. The call during the Naviti, Fiji workshop in 2001 to collate all data resulted in two NGOs (Greenforce and Coral Cay Conservation) providing their data on Fijian coral reefs. This process needs to continue and assistance is requested to ensure that data are repatriated to the Node and individual countries. This summary report for 2002 is based largely on new reports by the national coordinators and a summary of South, R. and Skelton, P. 2000. Status of Coral Reefs in the Southwest Pacific: Fiji, Nauru, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. P 159-180, in Wilkinson, C. (Ed). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000 Australian Institute of Marine Science. 363 pp. 183
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FOREWORD Our two governments have r
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CONTENTS Countries, States and Terr
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INTRODUCTION We are pleased to endo
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Introduction Some of the larger fou
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Introduction Coral reefs are coming
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CLIVE WILKINSON A
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Executive Summary This report, howe
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Executive Summary GLOBAL AND REGION
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Executive Summary There is clear ev
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Executive Summary Key sites chosen
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Executive Summary CORAL REEF TARGET
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Executive Summary COLLAPSE OF CORAL
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Executive Summary Southern Tropical
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