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A Manager's Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design

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A Manager's Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design supports the needs of reef managers seeking to begin restoration or assess their current restoration program. Based on global best practices—and tested with managers from Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands—the Guide was developed for reef managers and practitioners, and anyone who plans, implements, and monitors restoration activities. As managers embark on restoration activities to combat reef degradation and enhance resilience, careful planning is required to improve the chances that restoration will be successful. Effective planning includes working with local experts, stakeholders, and decision-makers to determine how, when, and where restoration will be conducted, and how it can complement existing coral reef conservation and management strategies. Together with a suite of tools and templates, the Guide maps out a six-step, iterative process to help users gather relevant data, ask critical questions, and have important conversations about restoration in their location. Use of the Guide culminates in the creation a Restoration Action Plan to enhance reef resilience and recovery.

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This webinar hosted by The Nature Conservancy's Reef Resilience Network will present the EPA co-authored "Reef Manager's Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design". The Guide supports the needs of reef managers to begin restoration or assess their current restoration programs, through a six-step, iterative process that helps users gather and analyze relevant data, apply critical design questions, and create a Restoration Action Plan to enhance reef resilience and recovery in their locations.

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Shaver, E., C. Courtney, J. West, J. Maynard, M. Hein, C. Wagner, J. Philibotte, P. MacGowan, I. McLeod, L. Boström-Einarsson, K. Bucchianeri, L. Johnston, AND J. Koss. A Manager's Guide to Coral Reef Restoration Planning and Design. Reef Resilience Network Webinar, SILVER SPRING, MD, December 01, 2020.
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Last updated on December 07, 2020
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