Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Mass Coral Bleaching

Convention on Bio-Diversity Expert Meeting on Coral Bleaching

The Coastal Resources Center provided financial and technical support to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Expert Meeting on coral bleaching held in Manila, Philippines (October 1999) to analyze the coral bleaching phenomena, the potentially severe loss of biological diversity and consequent socioeconomic impacts. The findings from this meeting, which was hosted by ICLARM (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, now known as the World Fish Center), were synthesized into a report to advise the CBD technical panel which consequently recommended that the CBD Conference of Parties adopt definitive resolutions related to coral bleaching.