Marine Life in Jeopardy

Next time you plan a diving trip in Southeast Asia, there might not be much left to see. The Coral Triangle, an area that occupies about as much space as the US and spans Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines, is being destroyed at a rate of one to two percent a year. The culprits? Pollution, overfishing, and climate change. According to a recent report by the World Wildlife Fund , the Coral Triangle may be gone by the end of the century, signifying the extinction of the more than 3,000 species of coral-reef fish, not to mention the destruction it would unleash on nearby countries. The WWF report outlines the worst and best-case scenarios, and advocates focusing on sustainable communities and immediate action to preserve this unequaled marine environment.