Coral Triangle Photo Book Launching

In April 2009, award-winning photographers Jürgen Freund and Stella-Chiu Freund embarked on an 18-month expedition across the Coral Triangle, visiting bustling centers of marine trade as well as some of the most remote and breathtaking habitats on earth. The results of this grueling but unforgettable journey, the first of its kind, are being published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the book The Coral Triangle.

The Coral Triangle is a 272-page book that showcases the faces, places, and wildlife that make this region truly remarkable, highlighting a fragile wonder that must be conserved. The book includes over 400 stunning photographs documenting both life and death—from the color and abundance of fish and magnificent animals amidst rich coral reefs to the systematic slaughter of a leatherback turtle and other images of danger and destruction. A limited number of copies of the book were scheduled for printing in October 2011.