by reefres | Apr 1, 2020 | News, Webinars
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.
by reefres | Oct 2, 2019 | News, Webinars
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...
by reefres | Jul 25, 2019 | News, Webinars
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...
by reefres | Jul 17, 2019 | News, Webinars
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...
by reefres | Jun 5, 2019 | News, Webinars
The Wildlife Conservation Society, in collaboration with the Conservation Finance Alliance and in support of the 50 Reefs initiative, recently released Finance Tools for Coral Reef Conservation: A Guide as a resource for protected area managers and others charged with...
by reefres | May 8, 2019 | News, Webinars
Florida’s corals reefs have been experiencing devastating effects of a multi-year outbreak
by reefres | Feb 20, 2019 | News, Webinars
Reef Support is a new tool designed to help MPA managers collect and sell marine park fees to visitors. Developed by Ramón de León, former manager of the Bonaire National Marine Park, Reef Support is a simple, robust, and customized tool that offers not only a safe...
by reefres | Jan 7, 2019 | Climate and Ocean Change, Monitoring Reef Resilience, Webinars
Status and Trends of Coral Reefs of the Pacific was released this September, and is the first report of its kind for the Pacific and the third in a series of Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) reports dedicated to describing the status and trends of the...
by reefres | Sep 17, 2018 | Coral Disease, Disturbance Response, Restoration, Webinars
As Florida faces an unprecedented disease outbreak involving more than half of its coral species, many restoration practitioners and environmental managers are wondering how best to responsibly continue restoration efforts for both affected and unaffected species in...
by reefres | Jul 17, 2018 | Restoration, Webinars
Broadcast live from the Great Barrier Reef Restoration Symposium in Cairns, Australia, experts from around the globe share lessons learned from years working on coral restoration. From offshore coral nurseries, to restoration mitigation techniques, to climate change...
by reefres | Jun 20, 2018 | Land-based Pollution, Webinars
Learn about an innovative citizen science water quality monitoring program in Hawai‘i: Hui O Ka Wai Ola (association of the living waters). This partnership effort was developed to address growing concern with water quality in Maui and explore how citizen science can...
by reefres | Feb 28, 2018 | Disturbance Response, Webinars
Fernando Secaira of The Nature Conservancy presents a pilot project underway in Mexico in partnership with Swiss Re and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo governments to insure coastal natural ecosystems that support tourism and offer an associated source of funding...
by reefres | Feb 14, 2018 | Restoration, Stakeholder Engagement, Webinars
As coral restoration programs are developed, a great deal of thought goes into site selection and design of nurseries and outplant sites to ensure success. Until this past summer, one of the considerations, “can our sites withstand a direct hit from a hurricane” has...
by reefres | Dec 7, 2017 | Restoration, Webinars
This symposium was live streamed as part of the Coral Restoration Consortium webinar series in conjunction with The Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and “The Future Ocean” cluster. Speakers shared information on new approaches for the conservation of...
by reefres | Nov 2, 2017 | Bleaching, Webinars
The exchange covered coral reef restoration projects in the Western Indian Ocean and Reef Resilience Network resources, including a new restoration module. Due to technical difficulties the workshop was not recorded, but view a summary report and presentation files on...
by reefres | Sep 27, 2017 | Social Resilience, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Livelihoods, Webinars
Elizabeth McLeod, Climate Adaptation Scientist from The Nature Conservancy, shares the latest scientific guidance to help managers determine social and ecological vulnerabilities to climate change and other stressors. In addition, Dareece Chuc, Environmental Education...
by reefres | Aug 9, 2017 | Restoration, Webinars
This live stream of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Restoration Workshop at the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting was broadcast as part of the Coral Restoration Consortium webinar series
by reefres | Jul 21, 2017 | Webinars
Dr. David Obura and Mishal Gudka of CORDIO East Africa (supported through the Biodiversity Project of the Indian Ocean Commission) present a training on how to conduct a post-bleaching assessment in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). This is part of a regional project in...
by reefres | May 18, 2017 | Restoration, Webinars
Hear experts from the Global Coral Restoration Project provide an overview of coral restoration efforts around the world and discuss current obstacles and potential solutions. This seminar kicks off an in-person workshop designed to foster exchange between practitioners working in the fields of coral science, restoration, aquaculture and marine resource management.
by reefres | May 4, 2017 | Restoration, Webinars
The Coral Restoration Consortium is hosting a series of webinars and discussions focused on Caribbean coral restoration. For the second webinar in the series, Dr. Iliana Baums from Penn State University presents an overview of current genetics research,...
