Now Available in Four Languages: Remote Sensing & Mapping for Coral Reef Conservation Online Course
The course is designed to help marine managers, conservation practitioners, scientists, decision makers, and GIS professionals
Meeting Fisheries, Ecosystem Function, and Biodiversity Goals in a Human-Dominated World
Coral reef ecosystems play an important role both in promoting marine biodiversity and supporting the communities that depend on them. This study examines the conditions in which multiple social and ecological goals, such as the biomass of fisheries, parrotfish...
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
Building Coral Reef Resilience Through Spatial Herbivore Management
Effective herbivore management is a tool that managers can use to help maintain coral reef resilience in the face of global stressors like coral bleaching events. One way to manage herbivores is to establish networks of herbivore management areas (HMAs), which...Population Genetic Structure Between Yap and Palau for the Coral Acropora Hyacinthus
RRN interviewed Dr. Annick Cros, coral reef scientist at the Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology, to hear about highlights from her recent publication on population genetic structure between Yap and Palau and how genetics can be used in coral reef management. Click...
Communications and Facilitation Workshop to Support Bahamas’ MPAs – Bahamas, 2016
The Reef Resilience Network provided strategic communication support for a three-year project in the Bahamas to improve management of existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and expand MPAs to restore local fisheries.
Climate Change Tools – Seychelles, 2015
In cooperation with NOAA’s International MPA Capacity Building Program and the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, we hosted a hands-on training for MPA managers and practitioners.
Coral Reef Resilience – Puerto Rico, 2015
Caribbean managers participated in the 5-day in person workshop focused on using the latest science to improve MPAs as a management tool for fisheries in a changing climate.
Western Indian Ocean Training of Trainers – Zanzibar, 2013
The fourth in a series of four Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops included 25 managers from 10 countries throughout the Western Indian Ocean.
Southeast Asia Training of Trainers – Bali, 2012
The third in a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops included 26 managers from 16 countries and territories.
Pacific Training of Trainers – Palau, 2011
The second in a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops included 17 managers from 12 countries and territories in the Western Pacific islands.
Caribbean Training of Trainers – Florida, 2010
The first in a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops included 26 managers from 19 Caribbean countries and territories.
Toward a Social Science Research Agenda for Large Marine Protected Areas
Large marine protected areas (LMPAs) are an emerging trend and are critical to achieving the Conservation on Biological Diversity’s target to protect 10% of the ocean by 2025. This paper addresses management concerns over LMPAs and calls for a distinct research agenda...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...No Reef is an Island: Integrating Coral Reef Connectivity Data into the Design of Regional-Scale Marine Protected Area Networks
Countries around the world are taking actions to promote coral reef conservation and management. For example, many countries are working to expand protection of coral reef habitat by designating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), one of the most widely used methods for...
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.
