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Coral reef conservation and political will

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2014

PETER F. SALE
PETER F. SALE*
Affiliation:
Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B3P4
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*Correspondence: Peter Sale Tel: +1 705 764 3359 e-mail: sale@uwindsor.ca
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Summary

Coral reefs and their societal benefits are in decline, chiefly due to overfishing, pollution and inappropriate coastal development. Strengthened management is possible, but collective failure to build the needed political will to act diminishes lives of millions of people along tropical coasts. Political will can be built, but it requires committed leadership and sustained investment of time and resources. Accepting failure as inevitable is inappropriate.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , June 2015 , pp. 97 - 101
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2014 

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