Reef Resilience: Building Resilience into Coral Reef Conservation

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The latest version of the Reef Resilience (R2) Toolkit is a must for managers. The two Toolkit modules, Coral Reefs and Fish Spawning Aggregations, provide coral reef managers with guidance on building resilience to climate change into the design of MPAs and daily management activities. Both modules follow the same structure, and Help is available. Questions? Please contact us.

Introduction to Resilience

What do we mean by Reef Resilience? What are the four principles of resilience? What is the difference between resilience and resistance? Get the basics in this section before exploring further.

Case Studies

Practitioners around the globe have been working to integrate resilience principles into their reef management activities. Check out this section to find case studies and stories from the field.

Resilience Training

The Nature Conservancy's Reef Resilience training and capacity building program includes a free online reef course, regional resilience training workshops for coral reef managers, and a training of trainers course, in Zanzibar, Tanzania, in 2013. The self-paced course is now also available in Bahasa, with a Spanish version coming in 2013.

Publications and Resources

MPA and Coral Reef Publications contains summaries of the latest science on coral reef resilience and management, and articles about corals and climate change. MPA Web Resources address a variety of issues surrounding MPAs and coral reef management. Social and Economic Resources address socioeconomic issues associated with management of coral reefs and MPAs. Partner Resources contains a compilation of products developed by institutions and agencies working together to increase resilience in tropical marine ecosystems. Video Resources compiles links to videos on this and other marine resilience sites.

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March 1-April 22, 2013

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  • Wednesday March 27, 2013
    Hawaii’s Coastal Use Mapping Project:  Participatory Mapping to inform coral reef management efforts with Dr. Arielle Levine, Regional Social Scientist, San Diego State University/National Oceanic Atmospheric Association, and Emma Anders, Planner, State of Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources. Host: Petra MacGowan, TNC: Watch this webinar on YouTube.

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We work hard to keep up with the latest happenings with MPA and coral reef activities. Please feel free to send us your events so that we may share them here.

October 30, 2012
Reef Resilience Network Survey
An announcement went out to members of the Practitioners' Network inviting them to complete a brief survey concerning communications methods used by the Reef Resilience program. If you are interested in joining the Resilience Practitioners' Network website, contact us.

Be sure to see the May 2013 Reef Resilience Review.

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Site last updated: June 2013

Slideshow photo credits: I. Babu (Indian women); R. De Leon (underwater researcher); J. Stockbridge/TNC (Jamaica-Belize fisher exchange); J. Tamelander/IUCN (workshop group); Mark Vermeij/CARMABI (fishes among corals); S. Wear/TNC (fisher in boat; coral recruits; student at map; workshop in Palau); Handoko (fish markets in Kupang); TNC. Other photos: S. Summerhays, Alison Green, Eric Verheij, Paul Marshall, S. Wear, D. White
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