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2nd Reef Resilience Conference: Planning Resilience, October 18-20, 2011, and 26th US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting, October 21, 2011
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To join the Resilience Practitioners Network or to submit updates, contact us at resilience@tnc.org. |
Course Announcement: Reef Resilience and Responding to Climate Change, Workshop for Southeast AsiaApplication Period Now Open! The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with NOAA, and with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, will offer a Workshop for Trainers from throughout Southeast Asia to learn about building resilience into reef management and the tools available for addressing the impacts of climate change. The workshop will take place June 4-8, 2012 in Bali, Indonesia and will bring together coral reef professionals from throughout Southeast Asia to learn and share ideas that will lead to more effective long-term coral reef management. The workshop is designed to provide an atmosphere of exchange and creative problem solving so that participants leave with a specific training plan for their locale. Space is limited to 25 participants from Southeast Asia for this workshop and selection is competitive For more information on the workshop, visit our website. Application Deadline: November 21, 2011 Download the application (pdf) and (doc). |
2nd Reef Resilience Conference: Planning Resilience, October 18-20, 2011, and 26th US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting, October 21, 2011
You are invited to the 2nd Reef Resilience Conference: Planning for Resilience (RRC) hosted by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in conjunction with the 26th US Coral Reef Task Force Meeting. The meetings will be held at the Marriott Harbor Beach Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, October 18-21 2011. |
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CoralWatch coaches from CRM, DFW, NOAA, DEQ and APASEEM meet in Saipan. |
“Nearly 70 volunteers from the local dive, snorkel, and education communities learned how to identify varying stages of coral bleaching at a recent workshop aimed at raising awareness about coral reef resiliency and climate change in the CNMI.
The three-hour workshop sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration featured presentations on climate change and coral reef resiliency by marine biologists and ecologists from the Division of Environmental Quality and NOAA's Pacific Islands Regional Office. In addition to raising awareness about coral reef resiliency in the CNMI, another goal of the workshop is to create a network of volunteer monitors who can help gather current data on the bleaching status of the CNMI's corals.”
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Recent Publications and Other Resources
Publications:
Global Gradients of Coral Exposure to Environmental Stresses and Implications for Local Management
Recent report published on the major coral reef fish species of the South Pacific with basic information on their biology and ecology
Ongoing global biodiversity loss and the need to move beyond protected areas: a review of the technical and practical shortcomings of protected areas on land and sea
Projecting Coral Reef Futures Under Global Warming and Ocean Acidification
Resources:
There is a funding opportunity available through the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, for domestic grants to support coral reef conservation projects in shallow water coral reef ecosystems, including reefs at mesophotic depths, in the US and its jurisdictions.
Funding Opportunity Number NOAA-NOS-OCRM-2012-2003014 or CFDA Number 11.482
Sign up for NOAA's Bleaching Alert E-mails and Report Bleaching in your Location
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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Webinar: Caribbean Lionfish Invasion Part 2
Dates to be announced shortly!
64th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference (GCFI)
Puerto Morelos, Mexico
October 1- 4, 2011
4th International Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management Symposium (ITMEMS4)
Gosier, Guadeloupe
December 5-8th, 2011
25th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2011)
Auckland, New Zealand
December 5-9, 2011
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