Developing Coral Restoration Roadmaps

Overview

The Caribbean Restoration Road Map Initiative is a new 3-year partnership between the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Program (AGRRA), MPAConnect, coral restoration experts, and resource managers to expand coral rescue and restoration in the Caribbean, made possible with support from CORDAP.

As a first step, 30 marine resource managers and restoration practitioners from 16 Caribbean countries came together to begin to develop site-specific, science-based and management-relevant action plans. The planning framework included identifying measurable restoration goals and objectives, prioritizing and selecting restoration sites, learning about restoration approaches relevant for their goals, sharing lessons learned about various restoration approaches, and examining feasibility, opportunities and challenges of integrating and implementing restoration with overall management responsibilities.

Our Thanks

Thank you to all the coral restoration researchers, resource managers, and MPAConnect partners at the 2024 Caribbean Coral Restoration Road Map Meeting for coming together to catalyze regional coral restoration efforts within the Caribbean.

Thank you to CORDAP for supporting this inspiring and productive learning exchange. Together we can help advance coral reef rescue and rehabilitation.

Advancing Coral Reef Recovery through Collaboration and Connectivity

An Overview

Regional Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange

June 9-14, 2024 – Key West, Florida

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Agenda

Developing Coral Restoration Roadmaps for Caribbean Marine Protected Areas

June 9-14, 2024, Key West, Florida

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Portfolio

Regional Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange

This Portfolio contains an informal collection of country-based coral restoration summaries provided by each of the workshop participants.

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Restoration Topics

Roadmap Planning

Coral Restoration Road Maps: Expanding regional restoration of coral reefs in Caribbean Marine Protected Areas, Patricia Kramer

PDF: Day 1 Expanding regional restoration of coral reefs in Caribbean Marine Protected Areas

PDF: Day 2 Coral Rescue Café: Restoration Techniques & Road map planning

PDF: Day 3 Restoration Planning

PDF: Day 4 Integrating Restoration & Management

Case Example – Mission: Iconic Reefs, Sarah Fangman, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

PDF: Mission: Iconic Reefs

Benthic and Coral Reef Monitoring

Guiding Coral Rescue with Monitoring Data, Judy (Judith C.) Lang

PDF: Guiding Coral Rescue with Monitoring Data

Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs, Judy (Judith C.) Lang

PDF: Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs

Large-Area Imaging for Reef Monitoring

Large-area imaging of coral reefs for monitoring and restoration, Art Gleason

PDF: Large-area imaging of coral reefs for monitoring and restoration

Videos: Presentation Videos

Coral Spawning and Larval Propagation Techniques

Coral restoration using sexual recruits: state of knowledge, best practices, current techniques, Anastazia Banaszak, Rita Sellares, Elvira Alvarado

PDF: Coral restoration using sexual recruits: state of knowledge, best practices, current techniques

Videos: Presentation Videos

Spawning Predications, Based on Dr. Chamberland and Dr. Banaszak’s (SECORE International and Coralium Lab) CRC Larval Propagation Group Presentation, Rita Ines Sellares Blasco

PDF: Spawning Predictions