Coral Reef Initiative
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ Coral Reef Initiative (CRI) is a cross-agency initiative to protect and preserve CNMI’s coral reefs and to ensure the responsible management of the resources associated with those habitats.
Partner Agencies
- Division of Coastal Resources Management
- Division of Environmental Quality
- Division of Fish and Wildlife
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.
