Australian Development Gateway

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Skip to content

ADG channels:

Information by sector: Environment

Sub navigation

ADG TOOLBOX

Ecosystems

The Coral Triangle: the centre of marine biodiversity (pdf 240kb)

This World Wide Fund (WWF) publication looks at the diversity of the Coral triangle and the need for stronger political will and concerted action amongst countries within the Coral Triangle to conserve marine biodiversity, stop habitat destruction and effectively manage their marine resources.

The Coral Triangle is the world's epicenter of marine life abundance and diversity.This triangular shaped region covers all or part of the seas of six countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. Certain neighboring countries, including Australia and Fiji, contain rich coral biodiversity as well, but with somewhat lower numbers known to science.

This publication also looks at WWF's Coral Triangle network initiative which is working to ensure the health of the region's natural treasures and the millions of livelihoods that depend on it.

 

Footer: