Brief Report on 10th International Coral Reef Symposium

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Brief Report on 10th International Coral Reef
Symposium
Kazuo Nadaoka Tokyo Institute of Technology
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10th International Coral Reef Symposium
Okinawa, Japan June 28 to July 2 , 2004
Hosted by International Society for
Reef Studies, LOC of 10th ICRS,
Japanese Coral Reef Society
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• Co-hosted by Ministry of the Environment,
• Okinawa General Bureau,
• Okinawa Prefecture
• Supported by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
• and Transport,
• Fishery Agency,
• Ministries of Foreign
  Affairs,
• Pacific Science
  Association,
• Okinawa Churaumi
  Aquarium

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International Coral Reef Symposia

• 1st 1969 Mandapam Camp (India)
• 2nd1973 Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
• 3rd 1977 Miami (USA)
• 4th 1981 Manila (The Philippines)
• 5th 1985 Tahiti (French Polynesia)
• 6th 1988 Townsville (Australia)
• 7th 1992 Guam (USA)
• 8th 1996 Panama (Panama)
• 9th 2000 Bali (Indonesia)
• 10th 2004 Okinawa (Japan)
• (11th 2008 Florida (USA))

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Number of Participants at 10th ICRS
Total registered participants 1420
U.S.A. (435), Japan (295), Australia (159), U.K.
(40), Philippine (37), Indonesia (26), ROC (25),
France (23), Thailand (21), Brazil (20), Israel
(20), Canada, Netherlands, Mexico (18), Palau
(17), Germany (14), New Caledonia (12), Hong Kong
(11), Fiji (10) with a total of 87 countries and
regions.
Additional about 600 audience attended the
Plenary Special Session, which was open to
general public. Therefore the total number of the
participants was about 2000.
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Number of (registered) participants and its trend
Bali
Okinawa
Panama
Guam
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Location of Okinawa, Japan
Global Distribution of Coral Reefs
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Okinawa
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Coral Bleaching
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Terrestrial Run-off
Sedimentation
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Outbreak of COTS
Miyako Is., Okinawa, 2005
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DISTURBANCES ON CORAL REEFS
Increase in Atmospheric CO2 Concentration
Human Activities
Climatic Changes
Overfishing and Overuse
Fall in Sea Surface Temperature
Rise in Sea Surface Temperature
Fall in Salinity
Dredge and Landfill
Bleaching
Storms
Degradation of Coral Reef Ecosystem
Eutrophication
Influx of Soil
Reduced Sunshine
Excessive Algal Growth
Predation
Diseases
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Main theme Stability and Degradation of
Coral Reef Ecosystems

• Theme 1 Evolution of Coral Reef Ecosystems (9)
• Theme 2 Environmental Factors Controlling Coral
  
• Reef Formation in Space
  and Time (12)
• Theme 3 Relationship between Ecosystem
• Stability and
  Biogeochemical Cycles (6)
• Theme 4 Toward a System where Humans and
• Coral Reefs Coexist (25
  sessions)
• Theme 5 Remote Sensing and Others (6)

Presentations 1381(Oral 770, Poster
611) Plenary talks 7
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Plenary Special SessionPeople and Coral Reef
Messages from Southeast Asia and Okinawa

• Part 1 Characteristics and Present Status of
  Coral Reefs and Coastal Ecosystems in Southeast
  Asia and Okinawa
• Part 2 Toward the Conservation of Coral Reefs
  in the Kerama and Okinawa Islands
• Part 3 People and Coral Reefs in Okinawa (Panel
  Discussion)

Participants about 800 including registered 200
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Travel Support Programs
ISRS-STAP (Student Travel Award Program) ?
7 students from 77 applicants

• LOC-LOCAP (Local Organizing Committee
• Travel Assistance
  Program)
• ? 42 young researchers
• from 205 applicants

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Coral Reefs of Japan
Published by JCRS (Japanese Coral Reef Society)
and Ministry of the Environment
Distributed to all the registered participants at
the symposium
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Income and Expenditure
Surprisingly almost balanced !!
Ca 100,000,000 yen (US,) in total
Income
60 registration fees, 5 revenue in
exhibition, 35 supports from host governmental
organizations, and additional donations
from many companies, institutes and
individuals
Expenditure
25 preparation, 60 operation cost and 15
post-symposium cost including edit and
publication of the proceedings
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Okinawa Declaration on Conservation and
Restoration of Endangered Coral Reefs of the
World
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Four key strategies

• Achieve sustainable fishery on coral reefs
• Increase effective marine protected areas on
  coral reefs
• Ameliorate land-use change impacts
• Develop technology for coral reef restoration

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Okinawa Declaration Part 1
Coral reefs and associated ecosystems are
invaluable human treasures. They support the most
diverse marine communities and beautiful
seascapes on the planet, and provide
wave-resistant structures and resources for local
communities, fisheries, and tourism. However,
coral reefs and associated ecosystems are now
under serious threat of collapse because of over
fishing, development of the coastal zone,
including dredging and landfill, and terrestrial
run-off.
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Okinawa Declaration Part 2
Moreover, the increase in sea surface
temperatures, the decrease in carbonate levels as
well as sea-level rise, caused by increasing
anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere, all act
synergistically to stress coral reefs, which lead
to severe bleaching and extensive coral
mortality. The degradation of coral reefs by
local, regional, and global environmental
stresses is at the very least destroying the
health, function, and positive values associated
with coral reefs, and at the worst leading to
loss of this treasure.
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Okinawa Declaration Part 3
We, the participants of the 10th International
Coral Reef Symposium (28 June to 2 July, 2004,
Okinawa, Japan) acknowledge that the degradation
of coral reefs worldwide has now reached a
critical stage. We declare in the strongest terms
that additional destruction of coral reefs must
be avoided and more effort is necessary to
prevent further reef demise.
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Okinawa Declaration Part 4
Conservation and restoration of coral reefs
should be made without delay in each nation
acting individually and in concert through closer
international cooperation. To this end, we
advocate scientific research and rigorous
monitoring, management-tool development, and
appropriate measures for conservation and
sustainable use of coral reefs. In addition,
scientifically sound restoration measures for
already-degraded coral reefs must be applied.
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Okinawa Declaration Part 5
A twin strategy must be taken over the longer
term to reduce human induced climate change by
reducing green-house gases, but at the same time
a reduction in CO2 must be matched by action to
reduce immediate threats of declining water
quality because of land-use changes and
pollution, and mass exploitation of fish biomass.
To achieve these goals, we recommend four key
strategies 1) achieve sustainable fishery on
coral reefs, 2) increase effective marine
protected areas on coral reefs, 3) ameliorate
land-use change impacts, and 4) develop
technology for coral reef restoration.
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Okinawa Declaration Part 6
Such efforts must be fostered and sustained
through stewardship and cooperation among
scientists, managers, policymakers,
non-governmental organizations, and the general
public. The task must be enhanced through
international linkages among the principal global
scientific body (International Society for Reef
Studies ISRS), the main international
management initiative (International Coral Reef
Initiative ICRI), as well as leading
international organizations (e.g. UNESCO, UNEP,
IUCN) and NGOs.
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Okinawa Declaration Part 7
As participants in the 10th International Coral
Reef Symposium, we collectively appeal to all
researchers, managers, users, and lovers of coral
reefs to accomplish the above tasks, and we urge
relevant international organizations, national
governments, and NGOs to find common
understanding and means to collaborate towards
this goal.
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wishing great success of ITMEMS 3 and 11th ICRS
in Florida, 2008 Thank you