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A wave-resistant structure resulting from cementation processes and the skeletal construction of hermatypic corals, calcareaous algae, and other carbonate-secreting organisms. (Source: NOAA)

Coral reefs are built up from the skeletons of reef-building coral, a small primitive marine animal, and other marine animals and algae over thousands of years [...]. (Source: GEMET/WRIGHT)

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Coral reefs
Russe
коралловый риф
Espagnol
arrecife de coral
Arabe
شعاب مرجانية

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Convention sur la diversité biologique
Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d'extinction
La Convention du patrimoine mondial
Convention sur les zones humides
Convention de Jeddah
Assemblée des Nations Unies pour l’environnement

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Cold Water Corals