Coral Reef Management
Efforts to manage, protect, and enhance coral reefs in the CNMI are supported by the NOAA Coral Reef Initiative. You can learn more about CRI activities in CNMI from the links in the sidebar. Keeping coral reefs healthy helps to protect people and the environment!
Coral reefs are threatened by both local and global activities. DCRM’s CRI program helps to reduce local stressors and support international management dialogues. You can learn more about why coral reefs are threatened here.
At the 31st General Meeting (November 2016 in Paris, France), the International Coral Reef Initiative declared 2018 as the third International Year of the Reef (view the recommendation here) and encourages to:
- strengthen awareness globally about the value of, and threats to, coral reefs and associated ecosystems;
- promote partnerships between governments, the private sector, academia and civil society on the management of coral reefs;
- identify and implement effective management strategies for conservation, increased resiliency and sustainable use of these ecosystems and promoting best practices; and
- share information on best practices in relation to sustainable coral reef management.
You can read more about coral reefs on our publications and resources page here.
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, the Guide was developed for reef managers and practitioners, and anyone who plans, implements, and monitors reef restoration activities. 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, culminating in the creation a Restoration Action Plan to enhance reef resilience and recovery.
