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Comparative Analysis of Risks Faced by the World's Coral Reefs

Report

Global

Publication date: January 1, 2021

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Coral reefs worldwide face increasing physical and biological risks. This analysis ranks threats by severity, scale, and frequency to help managers prioritize actions for prevention, risk reduction, and restoration, ensuring better resource allocation and long-term reef resilience.

Subject Tags

  • Reefs
  • Conservation Planning
  • Climate risks

Abstract

Coral reefs face a variety of increasing and potentially severe threats, and reef managers and decision makers need to understand their impact to properly allocate scarce resources and to implement appropriate actions such as prevention, risk reduction, and repairs. The impact risks have varies greatly depending on the severity of the damage, the type of damage (physical or biological), the spatial scale of the impact, and how often risks may occur.

This report presents the results of the analysis of the severity of the impacts caused by risks faced by coral reefs to compare their relative importance globally and regionally; risks were categorized by scale of the impact and frequency of the events to better comprehend their relevance.

Citation

Alvarez-Filip, L., Estrada Saldivar, N., Pérez-Cervantes, E., González-Barrios, F.J. and Secaira Fajardo, F., 2021. Comparative analysis of risks faced by the world’s coral reefs. UNAM-The Nature Conservancy.

 

Media Contacts

  • The Nature Conservancy