Source: The Gov Monitor
November 18, 2009

Environment Minister Peter Garrett today departed for Solomon Islands to plan the next phase of action on protecting marine biodiversity and the vulnerable coastal communities whose livelihoods are dependent on maintaining the health of the remarkable Coral Triangle.

"The Coral Triangle is recognized as an area of global environmental significance, with the greatest marine biological diversity on the planet," Mr Garrett said.

"I am very pleased to be attending the 2nd Ministerial meeting of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security to look at ways of building the resilience of this marine environment to the impacts climate change."

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