Developing an Integrated Coral Disturbance Response Plan – Guam, 2026
RRN hosted a workshop to pilot a new Integrated Coral Disturbance Response Planning Framework
Developing Tools for Climate-Smart Coral Reef Management in the USVI Webinar
View the recording and resources to learn more about climate-smart reef management.
Belize and CoralCarib Restoration Learning Exchange – Virtual, 2026
In January 2026, nine NGO staff from the CoralCarib Project—spanning the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica, and Cuba—joined a virtual presentation about the ongoing Super Reefs work in Belize.
Restoration of herbivory on Caribbean coral reefs: are fishes, urchins, or crabs the solution?
Climate change is likely to enhance macro-algal growth and reduce fish size, making the role of invertebrate grazers even more critical. Strategies should combine ecological understanding with climate action, prioritize protection of wild populations, and use adaptive, site-specific approaches.
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.
First record of a second invasive soft coral species, Latissimia ningalooensis, in southern Puerto Rico
This study reports the detection of a new invasive soft coral species in Puerto Rico: Latissimia ningalooensis, originally native to Australia. First observed in March 2024, this is the second invasive soft coral species reported in Puerto Rico in under six months, following Xenia umbellata in October 2023.
The Bahamas – Climate Adaptation
Climate-Smart Management Planning in The Bahamas
Stony coral tissue loss disease: a review of emergence, impacts, etiology, diagnostics, and intervention
Managers face significant challenges in combating SCTLD due to the limited understanding of its cause, transmission mechanisms, and effective treatments. This review synthesizes current knowledge to help guide efforts in mitigating the impacts of this disease.
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.
The Bahamas – MPA Enforcement
The Marine Action Partnership (MAP) – A Collaborative Approach to Improve Sustainable Fishing in The Bahamas
Climate-Smart Management Planning Moriah Harbour Cay & Lucayan National Parks – Bahamas, 2024
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.
Climate-Smart Management Planning Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park – Bahamas, 2024
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.
Reef Restoration Workshop – Zanzibar, 2024
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.
Coral Reef Restoration Mentored Online Course – Kenya, 2024
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.
Past disturbances and local conditions influence the recovery rates of coral reefs
With marine heatwaves increasing in frequency and intensity, it is necessary to understand coral recovery post-disturbance. This study examined coral cover recovery rates across 1,921 sites in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans from 1977 to 2020, focusing on...
Climate-Smart Management Planning – Bahamas, 2024
RRN provided support to 12 marine managers, planners, and conservation practitioners from the Bahamas National Trust to begin incorporating climate-smart and resilience principles into national park management plans.
Ocean Sewage Series
Ongoing series of online activities and events to discuss and demystify the issue of ocean wastewater pollution and innovative approaches being used to address it.
U.S. Virgin Islands – Wastewater Pollution
Collaborative Efforts to Address Wastewater Pollution and Safe Drinking Water Concerns in the USVI
