The main objective of ICRAN is to halt and reverse the decline in health of the world 's coral reefs. ICRAN is an innovative and dynamic global partnership of many of the world's leading coral reef science and conservation organizations. The partnership draws on its partners' investments in reef monitoring and management to create strategically linked actions across local, national and global scales. ICRAN is thus the first partnership to respond to conservation needs at the global scale by recognizing both traditional and scientific perspectives of coral reef dynamics and respective social dependency. It seeks to put financial mechanisms in place that support the translation of findings into direct on-the-ground action throughout the world's major coral reef regions.

ICRAN is proposing:
* To expand its scope and its range of global partners
* To extend its field action to new regions (including three regional seas in the Indian Ocean area) not presently included in the network
* To focus on tourism by raising awareness on responsible holiday-making

Governments:
Government of France
Government of Japan - Ministry of Environment
Government of Palau - Office for Environmental Response and Coordination
Government of Seychelles - Ministry of Environment
Government of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - DEFRA
Government numerous coral range and donor states

Major Groups:
International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Australian Institute of Marine Science (Australia)
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) (Australia)
International Hotel & Restaurant Association (France)
WorldFish Center (Malaysia)
World Travel & Tourism Council (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Coral Reef Alliance (United States of America)
Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) (United States of America)
McCann-Erickson (United States of America)
Reef Check (United States of America)
The Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund (United States of America)
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) (United States of America)
The Nature Conservancy (United States of America)
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (United States of America)
The Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund (United States of America)
The World Bank (United States of America)
US Agency for International Development (USAID) (United States of America)
World Resources Institute (WRI) (United States of America)
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (United States of America)

UN System:
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -Div. Of Tech, Industry, & Econ (UNEP DTIE) (France)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (CAR/RCU) (Jamaica)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Kenya)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) East African Regional Coordinating Unit (EAF/RCU) (Kenya)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) East Asian Regional Coordinating Unit (EAS/RCU) (Thailand)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
UNDP SGP (United States of America)
United Nations Foundation (UNF) (United States of America)
United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) (United States of America)

Other intergovernmental organizations:
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme SPREP (Samoa)
PERSGA (Saudi Arabia)
South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) (Sri Lanka)
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) (United States of America)