Defined by marine areas containing more than 500 species of reef-building coral, it covers around 6 million square kilometres of ocean across six countries in the Indo-Pacific – Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste.

This centre of marine life shelters thousands of whales, dolphins, rays, sharks and six of the world’s seven species of marine turtles and directly sustains the lives of more 120 million people.

It contains 500 or more species of reef-building coral and is home to 75 percent of all coral species known to science and more than 3000 species of reef fish and commercially valuable species such as tuna.

WWF's work in the Coral Triangle

WWF has been pioneering conservation in the Coral Triangle for more than two decades, collaborating with partners in the private sector, governmental agencies and civil society. By providing technical expertise and funding, and promoting innovative public-private partnerships, WWF is committed to ensure that the Coral Triangle Initiative catalyzes measurable changes.

Through the Coral Triangle Programme, we are working to safeguard the health of the region’s valuable resources and to secure the millions of livelihoods that depend upon them by:

• Building a sustainable live reef fish trade
• Promoting sustainable tuna fisheries
• Financing marine protected areas
• Protecting marine turtles and reducing their bycatch
• Reducing the impacts of climate change