New Guide for Reef Managers
The Manager’s Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design leads reef managers through a six-step, iterative process resulting in the development of a Restoration Action Plan to enhance reef resilience and recovery
Rapid Response & Emergency Reef Restoration Course – Virtual, 2020
Over twenty participants from Belize received online training to develop theoretical skills needed to become first responders to coral reefs after hurricanes cause reef damage.
Wastewater 101 Webinar
In Wastewater 101, Christopher Clapp of The Nature Conservancy provided an introduction to the basics of wastewater, including terminology, how septic systems work (and fail), and how wastewater is managed, treated, and discharged into our oceans directly and...Global Fund for Coral Reefs Webinar
Join us to learn more about the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR, or the Fund). This exciting blended finance vehicle will seek to invest US $500 million in coral reef conservation over the next 10 years!
Seagrass Conservation through Payment for Ecosystem Services Webinar
As we learned in a recent UN report, protection of seagrasses is key to building resilience to climate change. Seagrass meadows are among the most common coastal habitats on Earth. They provide a number of critical services to coastal communities that include:...Resilient Reefs Initiative Webinar Series
New webinar series featuring “building blocks” of resilience-based management from around the globe, brought to you by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation’s Resilient Reefs Initiative in cooperation with the Reef Resilience Network.
Treatment and Intervention Approaches for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
An outbreak of an epizootic coral disease, known as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), is severely impacting coral reef ecosystems in the Atlantic-Caribbean region.
Maximizing the Adaptive Potential of Restored Coral Populations
The Coral Restoration Consortium’s Genetics Working Group presents a webinar on their recently-published paper Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic.
Year in Review 2019
Many thanks to our members and contributors for all you do to improve one another’s ability to manage and restore the world’s coral reefs!
Resilience-Based Management Workshop – Australia, 2019
Seventy managers, scientists, and policy makers participated in a Resilience-Based Management (RBM) workshop in Townsville, Australia in conjunction with the 2019 International Coral Reef Initiative general meeting.
New Case Studies
Two new two case studies on emergency and rapid response efforts after major storms that occurred in 2017
Strategic Communication Training – Cuba, 2019
Eight conservation staff from the Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre participated in a three-day workshop in Havana, Cuba.
Financing Coral Reef Conservation and Management: Conservation Trust Funds and Impact Investing
Coral reefs provide enormous economic value to humanity and are gaining increasing attention from donors, philanthropists, and governments. This webinar explored the use of Conservation Trust Funds and Impact Investing to support coral reef conservation. Conservation...
Marine Protected Area Managers Training – Seychelles, 2019
Thirty-one Marine Protected Area (MPA) professionals from Seychelles, Kenya, and Tanzania participated in a week-long training in August at the Seychelles Maritime Academy to develop skills in areas critical to MPA management
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Learning Exchange – Florida, 2019
The Reef Resilience Network and The Nature Conservancy Latin American, Mexico, & North Central America Program sponsored manager Adrian Andrés Morales of the Centro Regional de Investigación Acuícola y Pesquera
Photomosaics as a Tool for Monitoring Coral Restoration Success
Measuring the long-term and large-scale changes to a coral reef community achieved through restoration is something the scientific community has been working towards since restoration efforts began. Watch the Coral Restoration Consortium’s Monitoring Working Group...Financing Coral Reef Conservation and Management with Tourism-Related Tools
Coral reefs provide enormous economic value to humanity, and their value for recreation is one of the easiest to capture financially. This webinar will explore the range of existing and emerging tools that protected areas and site managers can use to capture funds...
Strategic Communication & Visual Design Mentored Online Courses – 2018-2019
With the support of the NOAA Coral Conservation Program, 15 coral reef managers from American Samoa, Florida, Guam, and CNMI received individual communication planning support tailored to their needs.
Mapping Ocean Wealth and the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project Workshop – Saint Lucia, 2019
Thirty-five natural resource professionals representing 10 countries and 30 agencies in the Caribbean participated in a three-day workshop held in St. Lucia
Restoration Mentored Online Course – 2019
Reef restoration mentored online course, 2019.
