Communications for Corals in the CNMI – Virtual, 2021-2023
CNMI managers developed a communication strategy and outreach product to build understanding of the value of CNMI’s reefs and support for reef resilience boosting management actions.
Reef Brigades Micronesia: Rapid Response & Restoration after Storms or Other Disturbance Events – Guam, 2022
Brigades (or teams) assess reef damage and carry out early in-water actions that support reef recovery.
Restoration Capacity-Building Exchange for Pacific Island Managers – Florida, 2022
Reef restoration capacity-building training in Key Largo, FL, in conjunction with the 2022 Reef Futures Symposium
Communications for USVI Corals – Virtual 2021 & 2022
RRN staff worked with reef managers in the U.S. Virgin Islands to develop outreach materials for local Senators
Global Mangrove Watch Mentored Course – Virtual, 2022
Confidently Navigate The Global Mangrove Watch Platform And Learn How To Utilize Its Data And Tools
Coral Reef Restoration Mentored Course – Virtual, 2022
From May 4 – June 8, 2022, the Reef Resilience Network hosted a mentored online course on coral reef restoration.
Hawai‘i Marine Conservation & Restoration Communication Planning Workshop – Virtual, 2022
Providing mentorship and support to Hawai’i marine managers and practitioners to help them develop and implement their communication plans for priority projects related to reef restoration, sustainable fishing, community-based monitoring, and marine managed areas
Wastewater Pollution Mentored Course – Virtual, 2021
In November 2021, the Reef Resilience Network hosted a three-week mentored online course on ocean wastewater pollution.
Restoration Mentored Online Course – Zanzibar 2021
A three-month mentored online course for 29 managers, scientists, and community leaders from Tanzania resulted in the second cohort of regional restoration practitioners trained in restoration planning and best practices.
Online Trainings
Adaptation Design Tool Train-the-Trainers Online Course – Virtual, 2021
Remote Sensing and Mapping Mentored Online Course – Virtual, 2021
In March 2021, the Reef Resilience Network hosted a four-week mentored online course on Remote Sensing and Mapping for Coral Reef Conservation.
Restoration Mentored Online Course – Kenya, 2020
A two-month mentored online course for 14 managers, practitioners, scientists, and community leaders from Kenya resulted in the first cohort of regional restoration practitioners trained in restoration planning and best practices.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
