As environmental destruction continues and the climate change and biodiversity crises accelerate, the concept of tipping points is being widely discussed. A tipping point is where a change in a system has gone so far that the system is destabilised, and positive feedbacks accelerate the decline towards total collapse, so that return to a desirable state becomes impossible in the reasonable future.
Report from Austin Bowden-Kerby, PhD Corals for Conservation Samabula, Fiji Islands with additions from Carol Curtis and Arthur Dahl 28 August-20 September 2025
IEF member Austin Bowden-Kerby wrote from Tuvalu on 27 August about the extreme loss of corals in Tuvalu, an island nation in the mid-Pacific consisting entirely of atolls, rings of coral reefs and islets around a large lagoon, but no more than a few metres above sea level.
Latest news from IEF member Austin Bowden-Kerby in Fiji 28 September 2024
UN OCEAN DECADE
Sustainable tourism is a powerful tool for fostering cultural understanding and building bridges between people from diverse backgrounds, contributing to peace and cooperation globally.
Film about coral reef restoration project screened at COP27
Bahá'à World News Service 18 November 2022
A short film produced by the Bahá’à International Community (BIC) explores how constructive relationships between individuals, the community, and institutions paved the path for a youth-led social action initiative to revitalize and protect a coral reef ecosystem off the shores of Tanna, Vanuatu.
