Coral Reefs: A Reef Resilience Toolkit Module

Communication Tools

Posted signage is a common tool used to communicate about management activities and regulations. Photo © S. Wear/TNC

Many methods and tools exist to communicate with your audience. Whether showing a slide presentation to a class, using an advertisement or radio campaign, or creating an innovative logo or song, tools exist to support communication about coral bleaching and coral reef health. This section contains several adaptable PowerPoint slide presentations that can be tailored to specific needs of a location or audience type, by replacing photos and details to make them locally relevant.

Resources

RARE—Specializes in development of communication campaigns

Seaweb—Focused on strategic communication

NOAA Coral Reef Roundup Education Resources

GBRMPA Reef Education Program

Communicating Resilience—An annotated PowerPoint presentation (download pdf, 1,988k)

Generic Resilience Introduction—Presentation that introduces resilience-based management, in a PowerPoint file that can be customized with local images and information (download PowerPoint, 1,636k)

Resilience Introduction—Sample annotated “Introduction to Resilience” PowerPoint presentation (download pdf, 1,143k)

 

Bleaching Basics
Bleaching Biology
Mass Bleaching
Bleaching Impacts
Recovery from Bleaching
Ocean Acidification
Ocean Chemistry Essentials
Acidification Impacts
Management Strategies
Identifying Resilience
Ecological Factors
Biological Factors
Physical Factors
Data Gathering
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Data Synthesis
GIS Example
Resilient MPA Design
Representation
Inclusion of Critical Areas
Incorporating Connectivity
Size and Spacing
Socioeconomic Criteria
Managing for Resilience
Implementing Resilience
Management Essentials
Bleaching Monitoring
Resilience Monitoring
Measuring Management Effectiveness
Broad-Scale Management
Communicating Resilience
Importance of Coral Reefs
Threats to Coral Reefs
Communication Tools
Communication Examples
Case Studies
Agatti, India
Aldabra, Seychelles
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Florida Keys
Great Barrier Reef
Kimbe Bay, PNG
Kiunga, Kenya
MesoAmerican Reef
Micronesia
Mozambique
Palau
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Wakatobi, Indonesia
Resources
Glossary
References
Related Tools
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