Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2000

Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000
CARICOMP - CARIBBEAN COASTAL MARINE PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM
This is a regional scientific program that has been studying land-sea interaction processes in
the Caribbean coastal zone since 1992. A Data Management Centre (now the Caribbean
Coastal Data Centre) in the University of the West Indies in Jamaica archives data on
mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and coral reefs. The initial focus was on monitoring
relatively undisturbed sites to distinguish natural from anthropogenic disturbance.
CARICOMP contributes coral reef data to REEFBASE, and has initiated the GCRMN in areas of
the Caribbean. CARICOMP is a regional network of observers, able to collaborate on studies
of region-wide events and there are institutions in 21 countries in the network: Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao,
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saba, Trinidad
and Tobago, USA, Venezuela. More details of the Program can be found at:
www.uwimona.edu.jm/centres/cms/caricomp/
CORAL - THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE
CORAL is a member-supported, non-profit organisation based in California that works with
the dive community and others to promote coral reef conservation around the world.
CORAL is creating a new constituency for coral reef conservation by building support from
divers, snorkelers, and other concerned individuals. CORAL supports community-based
organisations by providing financial and technical support for coral reef conservation in
communities throughout the world. In addition, CORAL builds public awareness about
coral reefs through various education programmes. CORAL’s mission is to keep coral reefs alive.
E-mail: Coralmail@aol.com; Web site: www.coral.org/
CORDIO – CORAL REEF DEGRADATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
CORDIO is a regional, multi-disciplinary program developed to investigate the ecological
and socioeconomic consequences of the mass bleaching of corals during 1998 and
subsequent degradation of coral reefs in the Indian Ocean. CORDIO is an operating
program within ICRI. The general objectives are to determine the: biophysical impacts of
the bleaching and mortality of corals and long term prospects for recovery; socioeconomic
impacts of the coral mortality and options for mitigating these through management and
development of alternative livelihoods for peoples dependent on coral reefs; and
prospects for restoration and rehabilitation of reefs to accelerate their ecological and
economic recovery. CORDIO assists and coordinates with the GCRMN in the Indian Ocean
with monitoring and running the Node in East Africa. The participating countries are: Kenya,
Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Reunion,
Comores, Mauritius and Chagos.
Program co-ordination contacts: Olof Lindén, Dept. of Zoology, Stockholm University, 106
91 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46-156-310 77; Fax: +46-156-31087; E-mail: olof@timmermon.se
In South Asia: Dan Wilhelmsson, c/o SACEP, 10 Anderson Road, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94-1-596 442; Fax: +94-1-589 369; E-mail: dan.wilhelmsson@cordio.org
In East Africa: David Obura, WIOMSA, P.O. Box 10135, Bamburi, Kenya
Tel/fax: + 254-11-486292; E-mail: dobura@africaonline.co.ke
In Island States: Jean Pascal Qoud, CloeCoop, Cellule Locale pour l´Environment, 16, rue
Jean Chatel, 97400 Saint Denis, Reunion, E-mail: cloecoop@runtel.fr
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