Reef Resilience: Building Resilience into Coral Reef Conservation
Resilience Workshops
Between 2005 and 2007, the Resilience Partners conducted regional training workshops to introduce coral reef practitioners to the principles of resilience. Workshops were held in the Caribbean, Western Pacific, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Western Indian Ocean for a total of 140 participants from 40 different countries and territories. Additional workshops with similar curricula were held in the Red Sea and South Pacific. We have included a list of the workshop sites through 2007, with more information about participating groups. Note: A workshop for trainers will be held in June, 2010.
Resilience Workshop Program
Western Pacific Resilience Workshop participants learning about how the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon Management Area is zoned and managed. Photo: Stephanie Wear/TNC
Topics covered at the gatherings included an Introduction to Resilience Principles and Concepts, Marine Habitat Classification, MPA Design, Monitoring for Coral Bleaching, Reef Fish Spawning Aggregation Conservation and Communicating about Reef Health. Participants worked with regional experts to apply the concepts of resilience directly to their sites and countries in a series of hands-on exercises.
The content of the workshops was based on several products produced by the Resilience Partners and other partner organizations. These products included the Reef Resilience Toolkit (on this site), Reef Managers Guide to Coral Bleaching, and A Global Protocol for Assessment and Monitoring of Coral Bleaching.
The workshops were part of a larger strategy to engage coral reef managers in discussions and activities that relate to building resilience into coral reef management. This website fulfills part of that strategy in its goal to share new information and support a dialogue among practitioners that solves problems and answers questions. Ultimately, the aim is to begin responding to the increasing trend of coral bleaching and other major disturbances that are difficult for site and regional managers to tackle.
Workshop Manual
A key component of the workshops was the Reef Resilience Workshop Manual. The manual takes the user through the activities and presentations and provides some additional resources. This manual was adapted for regional differences and needs of individual workshops.
Bishara Ali Juma of Zanzibar, Tanzania shares workgroup results at the Western Indian Ocean Resilience Workshop, 2006. Photo: Alison Green/TNC
We have included a generic copy of this manual, below. You may download the entire large pdf document or separate pdf sections. If you are unable to download this document for any reason, please contact us to arrange another method. For information about designing a similar training or information exchange, please contact us.
- Reef Resilience Training Manual (7,597k)
- Cover and Introduction (318k)
- Section 1—Example Agenda (259k)
- Section 2—Toolkit Introduction (235k)
- Section 3—Introduction to Resilience (1,657k)
- Section 4—Representation and Risk Spreading (913k)
- Section 5—Managing Critical Areas (2,292k)
- Section 6—Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations (683k)
- Section 7—Monitoring for Resilience (1,835k)
- Section 8—Communicating Resilience (1,313k)
- Section 9—Definitions (261k)
- Section 10—Additional Resources (233k)
Other Training Resources
A CD that includes the manual, powerpoint presentations, various educational resources, and photos was produced for each workshop. If you would like a copy of a particular workshop CD, please contact us.
Our latest training offering, an online course on coral reef resilience, launched on March 1, 2010.