by Henry Borrebach | Apr 4, 2025 | News, Training
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.
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 Cherie Wagner | Mar 20, 2025 | News, Training
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.
by Michelle Graulty | Mar 8, 2025 | News, Training
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.
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 Henry Borrebach | Dec 9, 2024 | News
Guidance on sustainable livelihood initiatives and how to work in partnership with communities to improve well-being.
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 Cherie Wagner | Oct 25, 2024 | News, Training
In October 2024, 17 marine managers, planners, and administrators from the Bahamas National Trust participated in the Climate Smart Management Planning Moriah Harbour Cay National Park and Lucayan National Park Workshop to focus on completing climate-smart updates to the park management plans. Participants identified key climate change and non-climate threats and impacts that affect priority conservation features in these parks.
by Henry Borrebach | Oct 23, 2024 | News
Featuring conversations between Network team members and experts from around the world.
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 Cherie Wagner | Jul 29, 2024 | News, Training
10 marine managers, planners, and administrators from the Bahamas National Trust participated in the Climate-Smart Management Planning Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park Workshop in Nassau, Bahamas. This 3-day workshop focused on completing climate-smart updates to the Park’s management plan.
by Henry Borrebach | Jul 17, 2024 | News
Learn about the core concepts of sustainable livelihoods and how to be a good community partner
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.
