January 7, 2022 News:

IETI President Prof. Dr. M. James C. Crabbe has just won the IUCN Coral Specialist Group Grand Prize Award

IETI President Prof. Dr. M. James C. Crabbe is working with the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) on Red Listing coral reef species, and he has just won the IUCN Coral Specialist Group Grand Prize Award. This was for his work on compiling the most data on individual coral species from the Caribbean to the Indo-Pacific, in order to determine whether they are in danger of extinction.  He hopes the results of this major project will be produced in a report later this year, to inform the public, policy-makers and governments about the dire straits of coral reef species.