FEATURED PUBLICATIONS: State of the Coral Triangle Reports

The first editions of the State of the Coral Triangle Report are now available for free download from here or from the Coral Triangle Knowledge Network website (external link).

Launched on May 13 on the sidelines of the World Coral Reef Conference in Manado, Indonesia, the series includes a Regional State of the Coral Triangle Report and six corresponding country-level State of the Coral Triangle Reports. These reports identify key issues that decision makers must address to achieve sustainable development of the Coral Triangle’s coastal and marine resources.

The Regional State of the Coral Triangle Report summarizes each country’s biophysical and socioeconomic characteristics, as well as their institutional frameworks for governing marine resource use. This helps to identify the drivers of environmental pressures threatening sustainable development of the Coral Triangle’s marine resources, and provides a basis for formulating a monitoring and evaluation system to gauge the success of the six CTI-CFF Member Countries in achieving sustainable marine resource management, both individually and collectively.

Each country report provides general information on the status of biophysical characteristics, governance, socioeconomic characteristics, and the threats to and vulnerabilities of the coral reef ecosystems in that country. It also describes the country’s progress toward the conservation and sustainable use of these ecosystems.

These reports are considered “living documents” and will be updated over time as the countries jointly address various issues individually and collectively. The first editions provide baseline data and information for monitoring the countries’ progress in achieving the goals and higher-level outcomes of the CTI.