On Wednesday, February 23, 2011, WRI and more than 25 partners launched Reefs at Risk Revisited, a comprehensive analysis of the threats to coral reefs. Find out more at http://bit.ly/hSWmhU

1. Reefs at Risk Revisited Photo credit: Michael Emerson Lauretta Burke World Resources Institute National Press Club February 23, 2011

3. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

4. The Henry Foundation

5. International Coral Reef Initiative

6. The Marisla Foundation

7. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

8. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

9. The Ocean Foundation

10. Roy Disney Family Foundation

11. The Tiffany & Co. Foundation

12. U.S. Department of the Interior

13. U.S. Department of State

14. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

15. Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA)

16. Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)

17. Conservation International (CI)

18. Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)

19. Healthy Reefs for Healthy People

20. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

21. International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS)

22. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

23. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)

24. Oceana

25. Planetary Coral Reef Foundation

26. Project AWARE Foundation

27. Reef Check

28. Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)

29. SeaWeb

30. Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)

31. Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

32. U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

33. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

34. University of South Florida (USF)

35. University of the South Pacific (USP)

36. Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

38. Kathleen Reytar

39. Mark Spalding

41. Benjamin Kushner

42. Elizabeth Selig

43. Benjamin Starkhouse

44. KristianTeleki

45. Richard Waite

46. Clive Wilkinson

47. Terri YoungPhoto credit: Lauretta Burke

48. What is new / important? 1998 2011

50. Inclusion of global threats

51. Comprehensive, high resolution analysis 1998 2011

53. Vulnerability to reef degradation1998 2011

55. 2030: 90% threatened

56. 2050: All reefs at risk 1998 2011

58. Stories of recovery

59. Recommendations for action1998 2011

60. Photo credit: Coral Reef Adventure/MacGillivray Freeman Films

61. Photo credit: EnricSala

62. 275 million people are highly reef-dependent

63. Photo Credit: Crispin Zeeman

64. Photo credit: Konstantin Tkachenko

65. Photo credit: Klaus Stiefel/Flikr

66. Photo credit: Steve Lindfield

67. Photo credit: Krishna Desai

69. Sediment and pollution

70. Marine pollution and damage

71. Overfishing

72. Destructive fishing

73. Warming seas

74. Ocean acidificationPhoto credit: Steve Lindfield

75. Threat: Coastal Development Photo credit: Wolcott Henry

76. Threat: Sediment and pollution Photo credit: Owen Day

77. Threat: Marine pollution and damage Photo credit: Chad King/NMS Photo credit: Wolcott Henry

78. Threat: Overfishing Photo credit: Steve Lindfield

79. Threat: Destructive Fishing Photo credit: Wolcott Henry Photo credit: Lynn Funkhauser

80. Threat: Warming Seas Photo credit: Mark Spalding

81. Key Findings: Local Threats

82. More than 60% of reefs are threatened by local activities

83. Integrated local threats to coral reefs Very High Low Medium High

84. Integrated local threat by region (by reef area)

87. Trends in coral bleaching, 1980–2010 Source: ReefBase, 2010. Note: Data for 2010 are incomplete.

88. 75% of reefs are threatened by local and global pressures today

89. Key Findings: Global Threats(future)

90. Projections of thermal stress (2030 and 2050) 2030s 2050s Source: Simon Donner , 2009.

91. Projections of ocean acidification (2030 and 2050) 450 ppm CO2 (2030) 500 ppm CO2 (2050) Source: Cao and Caldeira, 2008.

92. Integrated threat from local activities: today Very High Low Medium High

93. Integrated local and global threat: 2030 Very High Low Critical Medium High

94. Integrated local and global threat: 2050 Very High Low Critical Medium High

95. MPAs / Management Effectiveness

96. What is at stake? Photo credit: Amos Nachoum Photo credit: PATH Foundation

97. Social and economic dependence on coral reefs

98. Social and economic vulnerability to reef degradation

99. Reasons for hope Photo credit: Steve Lindfield

101. Manage for climate change

102. Tackle GHG emissions Photo credit: GBRMPA

103. “One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?’” – Rachel Carson Photo credit: Wolcott Henry www.wri.org/reefs