Science, Strategies, and Solutions for Responding to Coral Bleaching Events Webinar
View the recording and resources.
Enrollment is Open – Management Effectiveness for MPAs Mentored Online Course
Happening November 10 – December 12, 2025.
Call for ICRS Abstracts: Climate-Smart Reef Restoration
Abstracts are due December 1, 2025. The Network is co-chairing this session.
Call for ICRS Abstracts: Innovations in Coral Disturbance Preparedness and Response
Abstracts are due December 1, 2025. The Network is co-chairing this session.
New Climate Adaptation Resources
The new Climate Adaptation Toolkit provides an overview of key climate adaptation concepts, as well as guidance on assessing climate threats, identifying impacts, and developing site-specific responses. The framework, featured in the toolkit, integrates climate change into all aspects of a management plan and can be adapted to any site. This allows managers to tailor their approach to local ecological, social, and governance contexts while enhancing resilience to climate change.
New Guidance on Coral Reef Restoration Webinars
Recordings and resources now available.
Caribbean Protected Area Management Effectiveness – Jamaica, 2025
Marine managers and practitioners from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and the US Virgin Islands participated in the Caribbean PAME Workshop, which focused on using PAME assessments and monitoring data to evaluate progress toward site outcomes, and more.
UNOC Session on Strengthening Capacity
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.
Video Celebrating 20 Years of the Reef Resilience Network
Watch the video to see if you spot yourself!
Climate-Smart Planning for MPAs Webinar
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.
Now Available: MPA Enforcement Toolkit
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.
Just Updated: Wastewater Pollution Online Course and Toolkit
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.
Reef Resilience Network Celebrates 20 Years Supporting People for Better Reefs
The Reef Resilience Network celebrates 20 years of supporting people for better reefs in 2025!
2025 Network Member Survey Results
Thank you for your feedback, Network members!
Latin America LSMPA Enforcement Peer Learning Exchange – Colombia, 2025
The Network piloted the new MPA Enforcement Online Toolkit with a group of 21 marine managers and enforcement officers from large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) across the Latin America region at an in-person, week-long learning exchange in San Andres, Colombia. Attendees read the online toolkit as a prerequisite for the in-person workshop, learning foundational concepts for monitoring, control, surveillance, and enforcement (MCS&E) systems.
Strategic Communication for Reef Conservation Training – Hawai’i, 2025
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.
Introduction to Climate-Smart Management Planning – Bahamas, 2025
This two-day workshop focused on helping partners in The Bahamas understand climate change threats and impacts, and introducing them to the climate-smart management planning process. The workshop provided participants with an understanding of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Reef Resilience Network’s (RRN) climate-smart planning guide, practical methods for integrating climate considerations into management strategies, and hands-on experience with climate-smart planning tools.
Climate-Smart Coral Reef Restoration Planning Workshop – Indonesia, 2025
The Network co-hosted a workshop with Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (YKAN) and key partners at Sorong in the Papua region of Indonesia to strengthen capacity for locally-led efforts to conduct climate-smart reef restoration activities.
Transforming Coral Reef Monitoring with MERMAID Webinar
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.
30×30 and Beyond: Reaching Effective MPA Management Webinar
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.
