Coral Triangle

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INDONESIA/ MALAYSIA/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ PHILIPPINES/ SOLOMON ISLANDS/ TIMOR-LESTE

The Coral Triangle is a geographical term referring to the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste with an abundance of coral reef. It is listed by World Wildlife Fund as one of the top priority for conservancy of marine life and the focus of its WWF Coral Triangle Program launched in 2007. The Coral Triangle has been identified as covering more than 1,600,000,000 acres (6,500,000 km2), with over 600 reef-building coral species which encompasses 75 percent of all species known in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish live in the Coral Triangle, including the largest fish - the whale shark, and the living fossil coelacanths.