Impacts of climate change on World Heritage coral reefs: a first global scientific assessment

• Main Authors: Heron, Scott F., Eakin, C. Mark, Douvere, Fanny, Anderson, Kristen, Day, Jon C., Geiger, Erick, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, van Hooidonk, Ruben, Hughes, Terry, Marshall, Paul, Obura, David
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: UNESCO World Heritage Centre 2017
• Subjects: Phoenix Islands; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/57870/1/Heron%20et%20al%202017%20Impacts%20of%20climate%20change%20on%20world%20Heritage%20coral%20reefs.pdf

Since 1972, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has united the world around a shared responsibility to protect natural and cultural places of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV). The World Heritage List includes 29 natural, marine properties that contain coral reef systems. Stretching around the plan...