Coral reef ecosystems have suffered an unprecedented loss of habitat-forming hard corals
in recent decades. While marine conservation has historically focused on passive habitat …

While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional
management informed by research, recent declines in coral cover have triggered efforts to …

Coral reef ecosystems are under increasing pressure from local and regional stressors and
a changing climate. Current management focuses on reducing stressors to allow for natural …

Efforts are accelerating to protect and restore ecosystems globally. With trillions of dollars in
ecosystem services at stake, no clear framework exists for developing or prioritizing …

In 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly requested that the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) define …

Developing solutions to the complex and uncertain problems facing marine and coastal
social-ecological ecosystems requires new forms of knowledge production and integration …

Coral transplantation has been used in reef restoration for several decades, but information
on the type of projects, their scope, scale, and success is mostly limited to published …

Coral propagation via nurseries and out-planting practices has increased worldwide in the
last decade to improve stakeholder-led stewardship aimed at retaining or rehabilitating local …

Tropical small islands are particularly vulnerable to environmental impacts. In the small
islands of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), multiple stressors of environmental and socio …

As coral reefs continue to degrade at an alarming rate, coral restoration efforts are
increasing worldwide in an attempt to keep up with the global challenge of preserving these …