by Michelle Graulty | Jun 13, 2025 | News
At the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France, as exciting commitments for increased ocean protections were announced, the Reef Resilience Network’s session highlighted the importance of also investing in quality management of marine protected areas by strengthening capacity of marine managers.
by Michelle Graulty | Jun 6, 2025 | News
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by Michelle Graulty | Jun 5, 2025 | News, Webinars
To help address climate-related challenges, the Reef Resilience Network has developed new guidance on Climate-Smart Management Planning that integrates climate considerations into all aspects of MPA planning and decision-making.
by Michelle Graulty | May 27, 2025 | News
Discover leading strategies, expert advice, and success stories from marine managers to provide foundational knowledge on monitoring, control, surveillance, and enforcement systems. This critical information will support managers looking to improve the effectiveness of their MPA.
by Michelle Graulty | May 19, 2025 | News
With the help of global advisors from the public health, planning, and ocean management sectors, we have updated the Wastewater Pollution Online Course and Toolkit. The course is available in English, Spanish, and French.
by Michelle Graulty | Apr 28, 2025 | News
The Reef Resilience Network celebrates 20 years of supporting people for better reefs in 2025!
by Michelle Graulty | Apr 9, 2025 | News
Please take our annual survey, which will close on April 30, 2025.
by Michelle Graulty | Apr 3, 2025 | News, Training
The Network provided training to 25 marine managers, planners, and other staff from the Hawai’i Division of Aquatic Resources. The participants, representing five islands, learned about strategic communication and strategized how to engage Hawai’i residents in the new community-centered engagement process to shape and inform the management of marine resources through the Holomua Marine Initiative.
by Michelle Graulty | Feb 20, 2025 | News, Webinars
By simplifying field data collection and analysis, MERMAID enhances workflow efficiency and enables rapid assessment of reef health. We invite you to view the recording and explore MERMAID, which now helps more than 2,000 scientists from 70+ organizations across 46 countries to collect, analyze, and act on coral reef data.
by Michelle Graulty | Jan 27, 2025 | News, Webinars
The discussion highlighted a key challenge: expanding MPAs has led to strained management capacity, funding limitations, and the critical need for capacity building to ensure effective conservation.
by Michelle Graulty | Dec 20, 2024 | News, Training
During the Reef Futures 2024 Symposium, participants connected with coral restoration practitioners, researchers, and resource managers from around the world to learn how to apply the latest techniques, technologies, and science to their restoration work in Anguilla.
by Michelle Graulty | Nov 6, 2024 | News
This new course is free and globally accessible, consisting of four lessons which take about five hours to complete.
by Michelle Graulty | Oct 31, 2024 | News, Webinars
Speakers provided an overview of monitoring, control, surveillance, and enforcement, shared insights on practical MCS&E strategies, and discussed an application of these strategies in the Bahamas.
by Michelle Graulty | Sep 29, 2024 | News, Training
Participants in American Samoa learned about the Network’s strategic communication planning process and reviewed the goals and objectives in the 2019-2024 CRAG Education & Outreach Strategic Communication Plan. They identified potentially new goals, and prioritized the unfinished education and outreach goals and objectives remaining in the plan.
by Michelle Graulty | Aug 22, 2024 | News, Webinars
Speakers provided an overview of the MPA Finance Toolkit and share insights on practical steps managers can take to explore financing options for their own sites. Allen Cedras, Chief Executive Officer of the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA), drew on his experience as a site-level manager and expertise in MPA financing to provide a real-world example of MPA financing in practice.
by Michelle Graulty | Jul 15, 2024 | News, Training
In July 2024, The Nature Conservancy in Africa hosted Reef Restoration Initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean for Lesson Sharing, Capacity-building and Networking, a three-day regional workshop on Unguja Island, Zanzibar.
by Michelle Graulty | Jul 1, 2024 | News
First-stop resource for marine managers & practitioners interested in learning about sustainable financing options for their marine protected areas.
by Michelle Graulty | Jun 12, 2024 | News, Webinars
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by Michelle Graulty | May 30, 2024 | News, Training
The Reef Resilience Network and The Nature Conservancy in Africa are working together to scale-up effective coral reef restoration activities in the Western Indian Ocean by building knowledge and skills of the marine managers and practitioners leading this work.
by Michelle Graulty | Apr 16, 2024 | News
Thank you to the 170+ Network members who completed our survey! We will be spending the next few months exploring ways to incorporate your feedback into our resources and activities.