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Invest Into the future of the Coral trIangle Here’s our goal: a healthy, functional,

vibrant Coral Triangle where businesses,

wildlife and fishers can thrive. From

seafood lovers to business leaders, none of

us can afford to lose this challenge. This is

why we need to work together—on climate

adaptation strategies, more efficient and

environment-friendly fishing methods,

and policies that will help set aside some

of the most productive and fragile parts of

the Coral Triangle for generations to come.

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Why we are here

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To stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment andto build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

dr Lida Pet SoedeLeader

WWF Coral Triangle Programme Tel/Fax +62 361 730 185email lpet@wallacea.wwf.or.id

Paolo MangahasCommunications Manager

WWF Coral Triangle ProgrammeTel/Fax +60 3 7803 3772email pmangahas@wwf.org.my

the Coral trIangle

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There is a place in the Asia Pacific region whose extraordinary marine diversity feeds the world’s appetite for seafood, directly sustains more than 120 million people, and brings visitors from all over the world. Will you help us protect it?

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a plaCe the world Can’t do wIthout Nowhere else can one find 76% of

the world’s coral reef species, 37% of

the world’s reef fish species, whales,

dolphins, rays, sharks and six of the

world’s seven marine turtle species.

For over 120 million people, the Coral

Triangle is a source of food supply and

livelihood. For the world at large, this

region is the heart of a vast trade in

marine resources, generating billions

of dollars annually in tuna, live reef fish

trade and tourism services.

And here lies the problem.

Fishing boats are taking tuna out of the

sea faster than stocks can support. Too

many reef fish are caught using highly

damaging practices and exported before

they have had a chance to reproduce and

sustain their population size.

Every year, thousands of endangered

turtles are caught in fishing nets and

traded for their parts, eggs or meat. And

across the Coral Triangle, people are

feeling the impacts of climate change—

from algae collectors around remote

Wakatobi National Park (Sulawesi) to

seafood exporters in Metro Manila.

What is at stake is not just threatened

species and ecosystems, but the

livelihood of millions of people.

To keep the Coral Triangle as it is—

vibrant, productive, amazing—and

to ensure it continues meeting the

needs of businesses and people living

here and beyond in an equitable way,

we must rethink together how the

region’s marine resources are used.

This process has already started, but

we must act fast.

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the Coral trIangle — the nursery of the

seas — is the most diverse marine region on the

planet, covering six million km2 of ocean across six

countries in the Indo-Pacific region (Indonesia,

Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the

Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste).

MarIne turtlesWWF seeks to protect turtles

in the Coral Triangle at every

stage of their life cycle, from the

beaches where they hatch to the

ocean where they forage.

Key elements of this strategy

include reducing turtle bycatch,

promoting marine protected

areas where turtles nest, forage,

and migrate, and helping end

turtle trade (meat, turtle parts,

and eggs).

MarIne proteCted areasWell-designed and appropriately-

managed networks of marine

protected areas are essential to

enhance resilience against

climate change, and prevent

further loss of biodiversity,

including fisheries collapse.

Through new sustainable finance

mechanisms and investments in

climate adaptation, WWF plans

to support networks of marine

sanctuaries and locally-managed

conservation areas across the

Coral Triangle.

ClIMate ChangeGlobal climate change is one of

the defining issues of our time,

and its impacts are being felt

now in many parts of the Coral

Triangle. Urgent action is needed

to reduce the vulnerability of

communities and ecosystems to

these impacts. WWF is using its

global experience in policy

development and on-ground

implementation to push for

investments in actions that enable

people and natural systems

adapt to a changing climate.

The WWF Coral Triangle programme recognizes leaders who are pioneering sustainability in their business practices.

Coral trIangle InItIatIve, a roadMap to a healthy Coral trIangle Formalized in 2009 by all six heads of state of the Coral Triangle countries, the Coral Triangle initiative on Coral reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security is a commitment to a set of conservation and development targets across the region.

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MakIng the Coral trIangle everyone’s busInessWWF has been pioneering conservation in the Coral Triangle for more than twenty years, collaborating

with businesses, NGO, government agencies and communities. Today, we are aboard 30-foot fishing vessels

giving training on how to dehook caught turtles, meeting with heads of state to secure funding and catalyze

governmental support for the Coral Triangle Initiative, and signing deals with some of the leading seafood

businesses in the region to help them capitalize on more sustainable ways of doing business.

Six strategies combine to make the WWF Coral Triangle programme.

byCatChIn the Coral Triangle, WWF has

partnered with businesses and

fishing communities to roll out

technologies that reduce impacts

on non-targeted marine life, such

as sea turtles and juvenile fish,

without affecting the economic

bottom line. Leading the way are

“circle hooks”, which WWF and

partners are successfully

introducing into fishing gear in

Indonesia, the Philippines and

elsewhere to reduce bycatch of

threatened species.

tunaTo supply the booming global

demand for tuna and to protect

stocks from overfishing and

destructive fishing, we are

working on models that will raise

funds from the global tuna trade

to support responsible tuna

management in Coral Triangle

countries. Part of this effort

involves removing illegal,

unregulated and unreported fish

from the supply chain, promoting

incentives for sustainable

fishing, and engaging consumers

to make more sustainable

seafood choices.

lIve reef food fIsh tradeWorking along the entire supply

chain of the live reef food fish

trade from reefs to dinner plates,

WWF’s collaborations with

businesses and governments

aims to work towards reversing

overfishing and destructive

fishing in the Coral Triangle.

To reach this goal, we forge

trade alliances that promote best

practices for wild-caught fish,

promoting increased production

of reef food fish from sustainable

full-cycle mariculture, while

helping consumers and businesses

navigate their way towards

sustainably-sourced fish.

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