For Immediate Release
July 8, 2012
Location: Cairns, Australia

“Reefs at Risk Revisited in the Coral Triangle” maps threats to reefs in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste

The State of the Coral Triangle report was featured in the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) newsletter during the symposium's opening day.

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Coral Triangle Leaders Take a Step Forward
By: Stevie Emilia
Source: Jakarta Post, July 8, 2012 

Spanning the marine waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste — banded together in 2009 under the largest regional marine governance effort — the Coral Triangle is the heart of the world’s coral reefs.

The State of the Coral Triangle Reports (SCTR) are intended to serve as:

The 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, the world's leading coral reef science conference held once every four years, will begin on Monday, July 9, in Cairns, Australia, with the CTI-CFF taking center stage as the model for linking science to policy and action.

The CTI-CFF Interim Regional Secretariat presented a white paper illustrating how the initiative has become a model for implementing sustainable development and the blue economy commitments at the sidelines of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). CTI-CFF Executive Chair Dr. Suseno Sukoyono presented the paper at the Indonesia Pavilion in Rio de Janeiro on June 19, 2012.

The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) member countries — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste — together with their partner organizations, highlighted their achievements at a high-level side event during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20 Summit) in Brazil on June 21, 2012.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — A group of countries from Southeast Asia and the Pacific came together at the Rio+20 Summit this week to showcase their collective efforts to save the Coral Triangle, one of the most biologically diverse and ecologically rich marine regions on Earth.

At a high-level side event hosted by the Government of Indonesia, the Coral Triangle countries renewed their commitment to the multi-country partnership Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF).