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A rap song about protecting our coral reefs from pollution and explosive fishing methods. Coral reefs gives us life and protect us. The audio file titled "Protecting our Pacific Coral Reefs, is a 4-minute and 37-second rap song emphasizing the importance of safeguarding coral reefs in the Pacific region. The song highlights the detrimental effects of pollution and destructive fishing practices, such as the use of explosives, on coral ecosystems. It underscores the vital role of coral reefs in sustaining life and providing protection to coastal communities. This resource is part of SPREP's "Anamua: Treasures of the Pacific Environment" collection, aimed at raising awareness and promoting conservation efforts for marine ecosystems in Oceania.

This is a 12 minute audio presentation that delves into the significance of coral reefs in the Pacific region. it emphasises the essential role these ecosystems play in supporting marine biodiversity, sustaining livelihoods, and protecting coastal communities. The resource is part of SPREP's "Anamua: Treasures of the Pacific Environment" collection, which aims to raise awareness and promote the conservation of marine environments in Oceania.

We’ve made problems for corals, for sure. Ocean acidification is caused by humans’ carbon dioxide emissions, making it harder for corals to live and grow

Coral reefs are the most structurally complex and taxonomically diverse marine ecosystems on earth, providing ecosystem goods and services for millions of people worldwide. These reefs are seriously threatened by a variety of anthropogenic threats, particularly overexploitation of marine resources, destructive fishing practices and runoff from poor land use practices. Over half of the world's reefs have already been lost or are under threat from these activities, with serious and widespread declines in reef health reported from around the world. Climate change also represents a new and increasing threat to coral reefs and associated ecosystems. Major threats include rising sea temperatures, rising sea levels and changes in ocean chemistry. Urgent action is now required to halt or reverse these threats and declines in coral reef health. One approach to the protection of reefs during this period of change is to manage for resilience.

The South Pacific1 has experienced a remarkable proliferation of Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) in the last decade. These protected areas, implemented by over 500 communities spanning 15 independent countries and territories represent a unique global achievement. The approaches being developed at national levels are built on a unique feature of the region, customary tenure and resource access, and make use of, in most cases, existing community strengths in traditional knowledge and governance, combined with a local awareness of the need for action, resulting in what have been most aptly termed Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs). The main driver in most cases, is a community desire to maintain or improve livelihoods, often related to perceived threats to food security or local economic revenue. In the South Pacific, conservation and sustainable use are often seen as inseparable as part of the surviving concepts of traditional environmental stewardship. The extent of this shift towards Community Based Resource Management in Melanesia and Polynesia is unprecedented on a global scale and is the subject of this report.

Coral reefs provide a source of food for islanders. They form the basis of life in the Pacific. many low lying islands exist because of the coral reefs. today, our reefs are being dynamited, poisoned, overfished, used for development purposes, killed by sedimentation from mining, logging and farming, cut into building blocks, turned into rubbish dumps, and damaged in many other ways. Watch this video to learn about the coral reefs, how they are being damaged, and what we can do about it.

The 1997 "Pacific Year of the Coral Reef" is a celebration of coral reef awareness raising activities throughout the Pacific region. All activities bring communities together towards one goal - to conserve and use our coral reefs wisely. This video is fun but carries series message because coral reefs are like humans : they can be healthy, they can be sick, and they too can die