Our Precious Coasts

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Figure 6. Threats to the World’s coral reefs. Major observed threats to the world’s coral reefs include extreme climate events, unsus- tainable tourism practices, poison fishing for ornamental fish, overexploitation by fisheries, sedimentation, coral harvesting, dy- namite fishing and pollution (not in order of priority). This graphic explains which activities or conditions are affecting various coral

reefs throughout the world. The graphic ‘Major Threats to Reefs’ shows the percentage of reefs that are threatened by overexploita- tion, coastal development, inland pollution and marine pollution, and the degree to which they are under threat. The graphic ‘De- stroyed Coral Reefs’ shows the percentage of coral reefs that have been destroyed in the world’s major regions.

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