Corals and mangrove grow at the protected Bunaken Island marine national partk in Manado

Corals grow at the protected Bunaken Island marine national partk in Manado on May 14, 2006.

Corals and mangrove grow at the protected Bunaken Island marine national partk in Manado on May 14, 2006.

Corals and mangrove grow at the protected Bunaken Island marine national partk in Manado on May 14, 2006. Rising water temperatures, sea levels and acidity are threatening to destroy the vast region of southeast Asia known as Coral Triangle, labelled the ocean's answer to the Amazon rainforest, the WWF said in a new report. A meeting on May 15 will see leaders from the six Coral Triangle nations pass a joint plan on conserving the region.


(FILES) File photo taken September 6, 2008 shows a school of fish in the Verde passage off the coast of the Batangas province of the Philippines. Climate change could wipe out an ocean wilderness said to be the world's most diverse by the end of the century if nations do not drastically cut emissions, the environmental group WWF said on May 13, 2009 as ministers and officials from over 70 countries meet in Indonesian city of Manado for the World Oceans Conference. The Philippines is one of six countries in the marine rich Coral Triangle that includes Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.