Global Warming Threatens 900 species Coral Reefs

Global warming will threaten the sustainability of living at least 900 species of coral reef coral reefs in the triangle in the world. If a global warming sea water temperature will rise and coral reefs can destroyed.sustainability triangle world's largest coral reef or coral triangle is important. This is because the location can be said as' Forest of the Amazon 'submarine in the world.
Dead coral reefs in the area of the triangle coral reef in the world, will threaten the world's fish resources. Countries included in this region are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands.
WOC (World Ocean Conference) in 2009 took the theme of Ocean and Climate Change with the topic 'Impact Ocean to Climate Change and The Role of Ocean to Climate Change' is expected to produce a draft strategy will be written in Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD). Results from WOC 2009 will be followed up with the Action Plan and Implementation, which will be proposed the establishment of the World Ocean Forum.
For the preservation of coral reefs in the area of the triangle coral reefs, have been collected grants worth 250 million U.S. dollars. Comes from grants from developed countries including the United States and Australia and the Global Environment Fund (GEF).
Of the total grants, Indonesia can expect to get the largest proportion of the more than 50 percent.
Indonesian have knowledgeable total coral reef area of 85,707 square kilometers. This amount consists of 50,223 square kilometer barrier type, atol 19,540 square kilometers, the type of the edge of 14,542 square kilometers, and the type of substratum oseanik 1402 square kilometers.

Results of research Oeseanografi LIPI Research Center 841 locations in the area of coral reefs in Indonesia, from this amount, approximately 33.17 percent experienced severe damage. From the study, it is known that total 37.34 percent of coral reefs was also damaged with a bad condition. While the coral reef area that is still in good condition down 24.26 percent and the condition is very good living just 5.32 percent.