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Coral Reef Research and Capacity Building

 

 

 

Training and Workshops
  The Connectivity Project features capacity building activities through a series of annual training workshops
for working group staff, symposia within key international technical conferences, and regional information
workshops for  senior management Agency and NGO personnel.
  Connectivity science & coastal reef management in the Caribbean

 

Belize City, Belize

9-11th November 2009

 

This was the final event of Phase One of the CRTR Project. It provided a final opportunity to relay new research findings and allowed for exchange of ideas on marine environmental management with managers from the Mesoamerican region. The objective was to demonstrate the need for effective integration of connectivity science into coastal management, and how to develop mechanisms to achieve this.

 

Agenda (pdf 176KB)

Participants List (pdf 153KB)

 

Presentations Part 1 (pdf 5.58MB)

Presentations Part 2 (pdf 5.74MB)

Presentations Part 3 (pdf 4.82MB)

 

List of recent scientific publications concerning coral reefs (pdf 62KB)

 

 

 

Workshop participants
 

 

 

Connectivity in coral reef systems: Lessons to date and goals for the future

 
CRIOBE, Moorea, French Polynesia
7-11th March 2009

This was a small scientific workshop attended by 16 scientists from 5 countries whose research concerns coral reef connectivity and primary geographic focus has been the Pacific. The group included 6 scientists with no prior experience with the Connectivity program or the Coral Reef Targeted Research (CRTR) project. Several others had had only indirect participation in Connectivity activities. Five members of the Connectivity Working Group participated.

Final Report (pdf 115 KB)

 

 

 
Workshop Participants
  Connectivity & protected area management on the Mesoamerican reef
 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
12-13th July 2008

This workshop was attended by 43 participants including members of the Connectivity Working Group, Coral Reef Targeted Research Project (CRTR), graduate students supported by or working on the project, reef managers, and local NGO personnel from the Mesoamerican region. The Workshop was held at the Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, USA.


Final Report English (pdf 121KB) Spanish (pdf 80KB)
Presentations Day 1 (pdf 4187KB) Day 2 (pdf 2187KB)

 

 

 

 
  4th Training workshop on connectivity, recruitment, & protected area
management for the Mesoamerican reef
 

Roatan, Honduras
25-27th April 2007

The fourth training workshop was held at Anthony's Key Resort, Roatan, Honduras. This workshop was slightly different from the three prior training workshops in that it was broader in focus and aimed more at using monitoring data in management and was attended by a combination of managers and NGO personnel as well as members of the Connectivity program. It was attended by 18 participants from the region.

Final Report (pdf 230KB)

 

 

 

 

 
Workshop Participants
 

Joint ARC Center of Excellence and Connectivity Working Group Workshop
Connectivity and population resilience: Sustaining coral reefs during the coming century
Townsville, 13-16th October 2007

Final Report (pdf 196KB)

 
 

Third training workshop

on recruitment monitoring
Akumal, Mexico
4-7th April 2006

The third training workshop on recruitment monitoring was conducted at Centro Ecologico Akumal, Akumal, Mexico, for 16 participants and focused on recruitment monitoring, including additional techniques and methods for data handling and evaluation.

Final Report (pdf 113KB)

 

 

 

 

 
 

Annual Working Group meeting
Miami, Florida, USA, 17-21st September 2006

This three-day workshop on Connectivity of Mesoamerican Reefs was held at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, with support from The Nature Conservancy and Environmental Defense. It brought together 35 working group members, associate members and associated students, and 15 management agency and NGO personnel from the Mesoamerican region. The first half of meeting was used to assess progress and plan activities for future years, while the second half, with managers and NGO personnel present, was used to share results, discover managers needs, and build partnerships and support for the project. 

 

Final Report (pdf 80KB)

 


Last Updated: November 2009