f^\ ^\ ^^^^ ° SPALDING. MA, Ph.D.. is senior programme officer of UNEP-WCMCs
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Marine and Coastal Programme, with a leading role in research into coral reefs and
UNEP WCMC mangrove forests. He is lead author of the World Mangrove Atlas and coauthor of
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Reefs at Risk. He is also research associate at the Cambridge Coastal Research
Unit. University of Cambridge.
*•CORINNA RAVILIOUS is a geographic information systems technical officer at
rUNEP-WCMC. with primary responsibility for managing the Centre s coral reef and
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forest datasets. She is coauthor of A Global Overview of Forest Conservation and
has prepared maps for many publications, including Global Biodiversity.- Earth's
Living Resources in the 21st Century.
EDMUND P. GREEN. MA. PhD . is head of UNEP-WCMCs Marine and Coastal
Programme, overseeing its active projects and developing others with a wide range
of international collaborators. His research interests include coral reef mapping,
coral diseases, and the trade in coral reef organisms. He is lead author of Remote
Sensing Handbook for Tropical Coastal Management and The Global Trade in Coral.
Above left: Grand Cayman
from space The snatlow lagoon
is surrounded by extensive and
important mangrove areas.
NASA photo SSTS062-84-70.
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reefs, mangroves, dive centers,
and protected areas. Left;
Massive corals Montaslrea
and gorgonians (or sea fans)
in the Caribbean,
Winner, Mary B. Ansari Best Reference V/ork Award, Geoscience Information Society
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