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T1 Report of the Meeting of the Regional Group of Experts on the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 coral reef
K1 ecosystem
K1 fishing
YR 2002
FD 2002-03
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28961
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28961
NO A group of coral reef experts, nominated by the countries in the East Asian Seas region, wereinvited to the First Meeting of the Regional Group of Experts on ICRAN to provide guidance to UNEPEast Asian Seas Regional Coordinating Unit (EAS/RCU) in implementing the ICRAN Project in theregion. The participants were asked to propose and justify potential sites for project Implementation, and recommend a network of partners to implement activities at the proposed sites. The sites were proposed in the context of three focal areas – marine protected areas, community-based management, and sustainable use for tourism. Two sets of sites were proposed:(1) demonstration sites where a reasonable level of successful coral reef management had beenachieved, and where these practices could be translated to less successful sites, and(2) target sites with a clear need for urgent management action to prevent further degradation ofcoral resources.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026