Member Type Country
France
France is one of the 8 founding countries of ICRI and chaired the Initiative in 1999-2000, 2009-2011 (co-chaired with Samoa), and 2016-2018.
To promote the protection and sustainable management of coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass meadows at the national level, the French coral reefs initiative (IFRECOR) was created in 2000.
In 2018, France adopted its Biodiversity Plan, which set the ambitious goal of protecting every coral reef in the French oversea territories by 2025.
Related websites:
Ministry for Overseas France
IFRECOR
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
IFRECOR Report:
Surface of Coral Reefs: 58 000 km² of coral reefs, atolls and lagoons
Initiative française pour les récifs coralliens (French Coral Reef Initiative)
The action plan for the protection of the coral reefs of the overseas territories was adopted in 2019. It aims to protect 75% of the coral reefs by 2021, and 100% by 2025. Visit the Biodiversity Plan website and the Action 37 – Protection of coral reefs for more information.
MPA(s) with coral reefs: 93 (Based on a list available from a 2019 study lead by the former French Agency for Biodiversity on the extent of spatial protections of coral reefs)
Percentage of coral reef MPA(s) to the coastal zone or marine area: 67% (in 2019, 67% of French coral reefs were covered by at least one MPA)
More Information: The National Strategy for Protected Areas (2020-2030) is aiming to extend the MPA network to 30% of the marine area, with 10% under high protection.
The national Strategy for Protected Areas (Download English Version)
- Grand cul de sac marin (Guadeloupe)
- Ile d’Europa (îles Eparses)
- Lagon de Moorea (Polynésie française)
- Vasière des Badamiers (Mayotte)
- Zones humides et marines de Saint Martin (Saint Martin)
- Looking back at three productive days of events by the GCRMN
- Over $10 million USD allocated to reef conservation by the GFCR
- New Coral Reef Action Plan endorsed by SPREP 2021
- IFRECOR Describes the Latest Condition of France’s Coral Reefs
- Guide to Ecological Engineering: The restoration of coral reefs and associated ecosystems
- France’s newest Ramsar Site
- France designates network of 14 Caribbean ponds
- Ministerial event at the UNFCCC COP22 on coral reefs
- Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) Pacific Workshop
- The Cayenne Statement
- Monaco, Indonesia and Australia to hold Presidency of the International Coral Reef Initiative
- First meeting of the international coral reef policy advisory committee
- Just Released – Status and Trends of Coral Reefs of the Pacific
- New report – Methodology for scaling mitigation and compensatory measures in tropical marine ecosystems
- ICRI at the G7
Last Updated: 17 October 2023