Our Precious Coasts - Marine Pollution, Climate Change and the Resilience of Coastal Ecosystems

Massive coral bleaching episodes have impacted the function of the reefs and increased rates of mortality. Coral reefs support over one million plant and animal species and their economic value is projected to more than US $ 30 billion annually. Extreme climatic conditions, however, are most like...

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Additional Info

Field	Value
Source	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT128
Author	UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer	UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated	March 9, 2023, 14:16 (UTC)
Created	March 9, 2023, 12:15 (UTC)
GUID	unep-wcmc-rsrc-report-wcmc_rt128
Issued	2023-03-09T01:00:34.840Z
Language	en
Modified	2023-03-09T01:00:34.840Z
Publisher email	info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
Theme	Report
avg_rating	3
citation	Nellemann, C. and Corcoran, E. (Eds). (2006). Our precious coasts – Marine pollution, climate change and the resilience of coastal ecosystems. United Nations Environment Programme, GRIDArendal, Norway.
data_type	webpage
date_published	2006-04-28
icon_url	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/assets/icons/document-placeholder-e938f98deb4879afb3aeb922f66a9def5d814e683ac7f4f20614478110eae22f.svg
license	copyright
num_views	0
short_description	<p>The ability of coral reefs to survive in a globally-warming world may crucially depend on the levels of pollution to which they are exposed. Scientists studying reefs that were bleached in the late 1990s by high surface sea temperatures have found a link between recovery rates and the levels of contamination entering coastal waters from developments on the land.</p>