Coral-ations

98,572 — square miles of coral reef in the world ¹
97,100 — square miles of the state of Wyoming ²
58 — percentage of the world’s reefs that are potentially threatened by human activities ¹
34 — percentage of the world’s reefs that are off the shores of Southeast Asia ³
88 — percentage of those reefs that are threatened ³
8 — percentage of those reefs that are protected ³
19,643 — square miles of coral reef in Indonesia ³
4,668,487 — number of people in Indonesia deriving their livelihood from fishing in 1996 ⁴
86 — percentage of Indonesia’s coral reef at medium or higher risk ³
6 — number of countries containing more than half the world’s reefs (Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines) ¹
90 — percentage of people living within 100 miles of the coast in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and the Philippines (world centers of coral diversity) ⁴
23,100-270,000 — estimated value, in dollars, of one square kilometer of healthy coral reefs in area with tourism potential ³
20,000-151,000 — estimated value, in dollars, of one square kilometer of healthy coral reef in areas without tourism potential ³
832,445 — number of pieces of coral exported from Southeast Asia in 1997 ⁴
819,118 — number of pieces of coral imported into North America in 1997 ⁴