Resilience-Based Management (RBM)

TNC Hawai‘i Program divers conducting a resilience assessment along West Hawai‘i Island coast. Photo © David Slater

Due to projections of increasing climate impacts, recurring mass coral bleaching events, and widespread degradation of coral reefs around the globe, there has been a shift towards management approaches that support the resilience of coral reefs and the people and local economies that depend on them. Resilience-based management (RBM) is a management approach that uses knowledge of current and future drivers influencing ecosystem functions to prioritize, implement, and adapt management actions that sustain ecosystems and human well-being. 

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Acropora coral and blue green chromis on Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Photo © Steve Lindfield Acropora coral and blue green chromis on Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Photo © Steve Lindfield

 

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This content was developed in collaboration with the following organizations: Resilient Reefs Initiative, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Conservation Program, and International Coral Reef Initiative. 

 

 

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