Experience Note: Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management: Using Sound Science to Influence Policy and Improve Management of the World’s Coral Reefs
2008 HAS BEEN DECLARED THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE REEF—TO CELEBRATE
THE BEAUTY AND IMPORTANCE OF THESE MAGNIFICENT ECOSYSTEMS AND, AT THE
SAME TIME, TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE SEVERE THREATS THEY FACE FROM HUMAN
ACTIVITY LEADING TO DECLINES IN THEIR HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY IN MANY PARTS
OF THE WORLD. THE CORAL REEF TARGETED RESEARCH AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR
MANAGEMENT (CRTR) PROGRAM IS A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTED BY THE GEF,
THE WORLD BANK DEVELOPMENT GRANT FACILITY (DGF), THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
(UQ) AND US NATIONAL AND OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) TO
IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS ARE RESPONDING
TO GLOBAL CHANGE, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THEIR VULNERABILITY TO
NEAR AND LONGER-TERM THREATS AND TO PUT THIS INFORMATION IN THE HANDS
OF DECISION-MAKERS TO PROMOTE NEEDED ACTION. THIS NOTE DRAWS ON FINDINGS
RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON CORAL
REEFS. IT SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN BUILDING CAPACITY, CREATING
AWARENESS, INFORMING THE POLICY DEBATE AND PROMOTING URGENT MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR THE WORLD’S CORAL REEFS.
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