The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) is the second largest barrier reef in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. With over 600 miles of essential mangrove, coral reef, and seagrass bed habitats, stretching across the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, the livelihoods of over two million people across the region depend directly on the reef’s health.
The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) is the second largest barrier reef in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. With over 600 miles of essential mangrove, coral reef, and seagrass bed habitats, stretching across the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, the livelihoods of over two million people across the region depend directly on the reef’s health.
The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) is the second largest barrier reef in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. With over 600 miles of essential mangrove, coral reef, and seagrass bed habitats, stretching across the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, the livelihoods of over two million people across the region depend directly on the reef’s health.
The Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) is the second largest barrier reef in the world, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. With over 600 miles of essential mangrove, coral reef, and seagrass bed habitats, stretching across the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, the livelihoods of over two million people across the region depend directly on the reef’s health.
Indonesia is endowed with natural richness. It has the world’s second longest coastline, one of the world’s largest tracks of mangroves, and the second-largest area of coral reefs in the world; in fact, 97% of Indonesia’s coral reefs are located within territorial waters (0-12 nautical miles from shore).
Mozambique’s coastline sustains millions of people and an economy heavily dependent on fisheries for jobs and protein. Half of Mozambicans live along Africa’s fourth largest coastline, and its small-scale fishers catch 85% of the country’s fish. Learn more below!
