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Tun, K., L. M. Chou, A. Cabanban, V. S. Tuan, Philreefs, T. Yeemin, Suharsono, K. Sour and D. Lane,
2004
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Status of Coral Reefs, Coral Reef Monitoring and Management in Southeast Asia, 2004.
p: 235-276. in C. Wilkinson (ed.). Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004. Volume 1. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. 301 p.
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23049
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Tun, K., L. M. Chou, A. Cabanban, V. S. Tuan, Philreefs, T. Yeemin, Suharsono, K. Sour and D. Lane
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2004
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Status of Coral Reefs, Coral Reef Monitoring and Management in Southeast Asia, 2004.
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p: 235-276. in C. Wilkinson (ed.). Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004. Volume 1. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. 301 p.
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coral reef monitoring, management, status reports
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Abstract
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This 2004 assessment of coral reefs in Southeast Asia (SEA) continues to show an overall decline
in reef condition, but it does offer a glimmer of hope for the future. While the decline is regional,
it is not reflected in the reef status in all countries. For example, Indonesia continues to show
slight, but definite improvements in reef condition from 1999, while preliminary data from
Myanmar show that the reefs surveyed are relatively healthy, with most of the reefs surveyed
having more than 75% live coral cover. The continued decline in reef in the Philippines, Vietnam,
Thailand and Singapore is still a major concern, and although threats to reefs remain high and
dominated by anthropogenic factors, more active management initiatives are being implemented
throughout the region, which provides a sense of optimism for the coral reefs of SEA.
Coral reef monitoring in SEA started more than 20 years ago, with the Philippines starting
in the late 1970s. Monitoring in a core regional network of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore and Thailand started in 1986 with funding from the ASEAN-Australia Living Coastal
Resources (LCR) project, until 1994. Monitoring since has varied between countries; some have
continued and expanded monitoring programs and strengthened in-country coordination and
capacity building; others have reduced monitoring and fragmented or weakened coordination.
However, SEA countries have begun to re-examine their monitoring since 1999, and started
re-building partnerships and establishing new ones within and outside the region. Countries
outside this core network have begun to establish their own monitoring programs, such that
there are now 8 countries with coral reef monitoring programs, leaving only Myanmar without
monitoring in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
This assessment highlights the urgent need for an in-depth and extensive review of all coral reef
monitoring efforts since the late 1970s, in an attempt to establish a regional standardisation
of methods, data archiving, analysis, interpretation and reporting. There is a critical lack
of effective coordination in SEA, even though the region is the centre of global coral reef
biodiversity. All countries in ASEAN are currently making this call, and it is accompanied by a strong commitment to work together as a regional team. The new energy that is emerging
within the region provides hope for the conservation and improved management of coral reefs
in SEA.
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