Abstract:
In 1995, the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) was launched to
call attention to the alarming decline of the world’s coral reefs and to catalyze
a response to reverse current trends. Through regional and global consultative
meetings, action strategies were developed that focused on four elements:
• Management
• Capacity building
• Research and monitoring
• Review.
Critical to the success of ICRI and efforts to better manage coral reefs
and associated marine ecosystems, is the need to track trends of their condition,
use and governance. Includes "Guidelines for Entering Human Factors Into ReefBase."
