• Pollution (i.e. runoff, sewage, soil, air, noise, chemicals).
  • Overfishing, bycatch, and unsustainable fishing practices.
  • Climate change and ocean acidification.
  • Coral bleaching events.
  • Unsustainable tourism practices (i.e. mass tourism, physical damage).
  • Unsustainable coastal development practices.
  • Coral Diseases.
  • Biodiversity loss.
  • Invasive species.
  • Habitat fragmentation/destruction.
  • Shipping and boating activities.
  • Lack of environmental law applications.