WCC 2016 Rec 106 - Progress Report

Since July 2018, and until June 2020, the ICRI Secretariat is jointly co-chaired by Monaco, Australia and Indonesia. The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) is an operational network of the International Coral Reef Initiative (www.icriforum.org), and works through a global network of scientists, managers, institutions and organisations to provide the best available scientific information on the status and trends of coral reef ecosystems for their conservation and management. The next GCRMN Status of Coral Reefs of the World report will be prepared by mid-2020. This report will be first report on the global status of coral reefs in 12 years. A call for Sustainable Coral Reefs Management submitted by Monaco, Indonesia and the Republic of Korea and adopted by the UN Environment Assembly at its fourth session.