U.S. Virgin Islands – MPA Management
How do we use our Marine Space? Mapping Human Uses of the East End Marine Park
U.S. Virgin Islands – Social Resilience
Climate Change Ecosystem-Based Adaptation: Promoting Resilient Coastal and Marine Communities
Madagascar – Social Resilience
Boosting Marine Conservation Efforts Through Voluntary Family Planning
Indonesia – MPA Design
Designing a Robust and Resilient Marine Protected Area Network in Lesser Sunda Ecoregion
Grenada – Coastal Resilience
At the Water’s Edge (AWE): Enhancing Coastal Resilience
Indonesia – MPA Management
Management Plan of Wakatobi National Park Leads to Increased Stakeholder Engagement Through Monitoring Efforts
Madagascar – Sustainable Livelihoods
Farmers of the Sea – Sea Cucumber Farming as an Alternative to Fishing
The Future of Resilience-Based Management in Coral Reef Ecosystems
This article reviews the potential of resilience-based management (RBM) to support coral reef resilience into the future and highlights opportunities and challenges faced by RBM management strategies. The authors describe RBM as “Using knowledge of current and future...
Adaptation Design Tool Online Course Announcement
This mentored course has already taken place, but you still find the Adaptation Design Tool self-paced course here. Ready to get practical with adapting your management activities in light of climate change, but wondering how to organize what can be a complicated...
How Scientists Can Inform Marine Resource Management
How will improving understanding of marine ecosystems lead to better management and conservation? One of our lead scientists, Dr. Elizabeth McLeod, provides helpful tips for marine scientists on how to make their research more useful for managers. Read the article....An Integrated Coral Reef Ecosystem Model to Support Resource Management under a Changing Climate
Ecosystem-based management is a useful management tool that considers both indirect and cumulative effects of added stressors to a system. Ecosystem models, especially those that consider physical and biological disturbances and human uses, can help to inform...Transforming Management of Tropical Coastal Seas to Cope with Challenges of the 21st Century
Marine spatial planning (MSP) and ocean zoning is a holistic tool that spatially prioritizes management attention where it is most needed. MSP addresses conflicting uses by establishing clearly defined boundaries. These boundaries coordinate efforts across...
Local Action For Global Coral Reef Conservation
The Nature Conservancy, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, and seven US coral reef jurisdictions completed a $10 million six-year partnership that supported the effective management and protection of coral reefs.
WE ARE 10!!!
Can you believe it? A decade ago, TNC – with the support of partners AROUND THE WORLD– launched the Reef Resilience Network, creating what would grow to become a global network of resource managers sharing ideas, experiences, and expertise to effectively manage our coral reefs and reef fisheries.
It’s not loo late for coral reefs
In a new article published today in the world’s leading academic journal, Science, Mark Spalding, Senior Marine Scientist for The Nature Conservancy looks at the broad issues surrounding the current situation of coral reefs and highlights points of hope. “There is growing concern around coral reefs,” said Spalding.
We’re excited to announce a new coral reef fisheries module!
The module features the latest coral reef fisheries science and management strategies.
Herbivory And The Resilience Of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Knowledge Gaps And Implications For Management
This paper explores herbivory and how it affects the resilience of coral reefs in the Caribbean. The authors identify important knowledge gaps that limit our ability to predict when herbivores are most likely to support resilience. The authors explore: What processes...New and improved Network Forum
Check out our interactive online community to connect and share with other coral reef managers and practitioners from around the world about marine management.
