Up to half of the world’s coral reefs may be lost within the next 40 years unless urgent measures are taken to protect them against the paramount threat of climate change, warns a new report “Coral Reef Resilience and Resistance to Bleaching” released by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

Nations urged to "think as big as the oceans are vast"

October 24, 2005

Nations across the world need to scale up their efforts in protecting the world’s vast and increasingly vulnerable marine environment from climate change, pollution, resource depletion and other threats, urged the World Conservation Union (IUCN) at the opening of the First International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC1), held in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. http://www.iucn.org/ - Click the link to find out more very valuable information about coral reefs and the world's oceans and how we can help to preserve them.