Scuba diving in the florida keys by residents and non residents, dec 2008. Federated states of micronesia reef resilience report. Establishing a reef wide resilience network lies at the heart of the blueprints design. Although this training does not attempt to address the complexities of socio. Yet few studies have been conducted to determine areas of the reefs that have the capacity for resilience.
Ms excel tutorial on analyzing data for a resilience assessment process step 4. Participants included more than 25 experts in coral reef management from guam, the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, palau, the republic. Supporting resilience needs to be a management priority local actions can influence the future resilience of reefs coral reef resilience is the capacity of a reef to resist or recover from degradation and maintain provision of ecosystem goods and services mumby et al. Guam coral reef resilience strategy opens pdf file. Msexcel tutorial on analyzing data for a resilience assessment process step 4. Tnc training and capacity building for reef resilience lizzie. Coral reefs, climate change and resilience iucn portals. Mumby and others published towards reef resilience and sustainable livelihoods. Pdf coral reef resilience research and management past. English s, wilkinson c, baker v 1994 survey manual for tropical marine resources.
For each resilience indicator, a model was trained on a data set. Pdf this workshops overarching purpose was for recent noaa grantees. Building the resilience of coral reef ecosystems to global environmental and climate. The study of spatial resilience, especially for coral reef ecosystems with a socioecological system approach is still very limited. This is the official manual 2009 edition of the reef resilience assessment protocol developed by the iucn working group climate change and coral reefs. Snorkeling in the florida keys by residents and non residents, dec 2008 understanding coral reef use. While a resilient system will have the best chance of coping with future threats, human influences have. Resilient reefs successfully adapting to climate change. Resilience assessment of coral reefs international coral reef. Resilience actions unlike many reef resilience assessments which evaluateand reef communitys just the health and resilience of the corals themselves, this strategy process explores strengths and weaknesses in the community and local governance systems as well, exploring the interconnected threats to the reef and community. Reef resilience framework great barrier reef foundation. Enhancing the ecological resilience of coral reefs has become a central focus for managers worldwide as the frequency and severity of climateinduced impacts increases baker et al. The goal of the grrs is to address local stressors and enhance the resilience of guams coral reef ecosystems and human communities to the impacts of climate change by 2025. Building coral reef resilience through spatial herbivore.
This workshop was organised to familiarise more reef mangers in fiji with the concept of reef resilience, using information learned during participation by y. The guam coral reef resilience strategy grrs was developed collaboratively by the guam coral reef initiative, which includes partners from local and federal agencies, research institutions, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector. The reef resilience framework has been produced by the. Guam coral reef resilience strategy guam coral reefs. In this training, resilience is used in the context of global climate change. Resilience and strengthening resilience in individuals. Building coral reef resilience through assisted evolution. Resilience is defined as the capacity of a reef to absorb disturbances and to recover from stresses. Network has provided training to 4,120 managers and practitioners online. The identification and effective management of resilient reefs in the usvi.
Pdf towards reef resilience and sustainable livelihoods. Building resilience in practice to support coral communities in the. Network has provided training to 4,120 managers and practitioners onl. Emphasis was given to the components of reef resilience used to design resilient mpas as a better management strategy to face climate change impacts. Assessment of where any coral reef ecosystem lies in relation to the coraltomacroalgae tipping point is fundamental to understanding resilience properties, forecasting state shifts, and. Practical resilience index for coral reef assessment springerlink. Coral reef disturbance and resilience in a humandominated. By focusing efforts on the resilience network, we will build resilience at local, regional and reef. Reef resilience training workshop wcs fiji wildlife. We teach life skills that help with building strong relationships, mental toughness, and character strengths.
Workshop report 2nd annual reef resilience conference. Mainstreaming coral reef resilience and restoration as an. Shifting baselines, declining coral cover, and the. For queries about the methods, please send them to the contacts below. Faculty of teacher training and education, university of mataram, kot.
Coral reef resilience is ultimately about coral reef health. Assisted evolution approaches to build coral reef resilience the management and conservation of coral reefs has focused exclusively on the preservation of natural biodiversity, and any proposals to use corals enhanced via assisted evolution to promote resilience is a radical departure from this approach and thus likely to be controversial and. The goal of the grrs is to enhance the resilience of guams coral reef ecosystems and human. A glossary of terms you may find unfamiliar can be found on page 38. A workshop for coral reef managers in august in guam. In this training, resilience is used in the context of global climate. During the first session, reef managers and many former tnc reef resilience training of trainers participants presented on how they are applying resilience principles in their own.
A guide to assessing coral reef resilience for decision support. A trainers guide to reef resilience and climate change training. Ocean acidification and warming will lower coral reef resilience. Reef assessment agrra protocol and the iucn bleaching resilience protocol, with cover of benthic substrates, both living and nonliving, assessed using a point intercept method. Coral reef restoration can be a useful tool to support resilience, especially at local scales where coral recruitment is limited, and disturbances can be mitigated. Perspective building coral reef resilience through assisted evolution madeleine j. A resilience based approach to coral reef management is a logical extension of current ecosystembased management practices, building on an improved understanding of the dynamics of thresholds, reinforcing feedbacks, hysteresis and the reversibility of phaseshifts 2,15,22,23,70. Pdf mapping coral reef resilience indicators using field and. Research indicates that reef degradation and change of community structure occurs once a certain level of use by divers and snorkellers is exceeded. Personal features we are driven by the need to survive. Pdf rising to the challenge of sustaining coral reef. Conservancy tnc, hosted a two day reef resilience training workshop in suva between february 89, 2012.
The main purpose of this work was to 1 characterize impacts of the 2009 coral bleaching event. Each year since 2005, survey teams from federal, state, and local government agencies, universities and nongovernmental organizations cooperate to complete surveys across the south florida reef tract within a six to eight week period. Reef resilience network is hiring an engagement and operations specialist to work with network marine managers and experts, support the development of resources and tools, coordinate trainings and technical support activities, and carryout tasks in support of network operations. This course is designed to provide coral reef managers and practitioners indepth guidance on managing for resilience. Workbook module3 princompresilience guamfinal coral reef watch. Gatesb aaustralian institute of marine science, townsville mc, qld 4810, australia. The reef resilience program is now in the process of rewriting the online course based on the 20 update of the reef resilience toolkit.
Sufficient data and information are needed, both spatially and. Training of trainers executive summary the nature conservancy, with support from the macarthur foundation and in collaboration with noaa, is hosting the 20 training of trainers workshop, a comprehensive training workshop to build the capacity of managers to design and deliver their own reef resilience training programs. A handbook for caribbean coral reef managers find, read and cite all the research. The capacity of reef ecosystems and the individuals, businesses and communities that depend upon them to survive, adapt and recover from the stresses and shocks that they experience. The resilience training model is a set of skills that build off of one another like a pyramid. Remote sensing can be a powerful tool to map shallow marine habitats. The network will include coral reefs that best support the reef s ecological, social, economic, cultural and heritage values. Assessing coral reef resilience is an increasingly important. Ultimately, the frrp seeks to develop strategies to improve the health of floridas reefs and to enhance the sustainability of reef dependent commercial and recreational enterprises. The guam reef resilience strategy will primarily be used by managers to. Coral reef managers from micronesia participated in the training workshop series entitled reef resilience and climate change. This course provides a comprehensive discussion of local and global stressors affecting coral reefs, guidance for identifying coral reef resilience, design principles for resilient mpa networks, methods for implementing resilience assessments, and introduces important.
We began conducting reef resilience training workshops in 2005 with the help of many people. Resilient reefs funds resilience planning, capacity building and implementation in the five pilot sites. Here are 27 printable resilience training activities, worksheets pdf, games and exercises for youth, students and adults on developing resilience. Biological resilience coral reef resilience is ultimately about coral reef health. The opens in a new window guam coral reef resilience strategy opens pdf file grrs is an adaptive, strategic framework to guide coral reef management on guam. The reef resilience training of trainers course is a critical component of the program, and will also need to be revised. Reef resilience toolkit coastal fisheries programme the pacific. The reef blueprint for resilience is the primary output of the 2017 reef summit, attended by 70 regional, national and international delegates representing marine park managers, traditional owners, government agencies, research institutions, industry groups, reef users and other stakeholders the blueprint signals the actions we will take with our partners to strengthen the. Through a growing network of managers and experts, the reef resilience network connects individuals at the front lines of coral reef conservation with peers, content experts, tools, and operational knowledge to address threats and mobilize action for improved coral reef health. Science working group, focused on coral bleaching, resilience and climate change, was established in 2006. This is the official manual 2009 edition of the reef resilience assessment. Coral reefs in particular are good candidates, with their complex structures visible from.
As a rule of thumb it is recommended that the level of 5,000 to 6,000 dives per sites per year should not be exceeded. Pdf coral reef disturbance and resilience in a human. Perspective building coral reef resilience through. The objective of this survey was to identify areas of high resilience in three states of the federated states of micronesia using.
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