Introducing the Catlin Global Reef Record

The Catlin Global Reef Record is a first-of-its-kind global database and online standardized research tool relating to major coral reef ecosystems. The Catlin Global Reef Record will enable scientists around the world to collaborate on understanding changes to coral reefs and related marine environments as a result of over-exploitation, pollution and climate change. It is estimated that 500 million people globally depend on coral reefs for food and income and between one third and one half of corals around the world have been lost in the last 50 years.
Scientific partners include:
- The University of Queensland - Global Change Institute (GCI)
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
- The World Resources Institute

www.globalreefrecord.org

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