coral reef

Coral reefs provide the world with goods and services worth US$375 billion annually, but scientists estimate that 70% of all corals reefs could be lost by 2050. Now a new initiative aims to conserve an astounding 83% of the world's coral species, aided by a US$20 million pledge by The Nature Conservancy.

Coral reefs and dolphins are under threat from pollution in the Persian Gulf which has heavy oil tanker traffic.

Algae-covered lumps of cement would make a strange catch for most fishermen, but they have helped revive a Bali fishing village devastated by reckless tourist development and 'mining' of reefs for building materials.

Using electrified domes, scientists rebuild dying coral reefs in Bali.

It is a country with some of the world's richest coral reefs. But scientists fear many of Indonesia's pyschedelic reefs, already significantly damaged by blast fishing and pollution, now face an even graver threat: global warming.

Dugongs living on the coast of Japan’s Okinawa island are threatened by the proposed expansion of a U.S. military base there. Throughout September, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed airbase site is open for public comment. Greenpeace are using this opportunity to let the Japanese government know what the people of the world think - by delivering a petition of thousands of names to the environment and defence ministries, and calling on the government to establish a marine reserve in the area.