Hawai‘i Coral Reef Assessments Complete for 2024
The NOAA Fisheries has successfully completed comprehensive coral reef assessments in Hawaii, aimed at evaluating the health of these vital ecosystems. The surveys, which spanned across the Hawaiian Archipelago, were conducted as part of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program. They focused on collecting data on reef fish populations, coral coverage, and environmental conditions […]
The GCRMN Steering Committee Convenes to Workshop the next Global Assessment of Coral Reefs
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) Steering Committee gathered in Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), in September 2024, alongside the 38th International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) General Meeting, to discuss strategies, reports, and new data initiatives to address the growing challenges facing coral reefs worldwide, including the production of “Status of Coral Reefs of […]
A Glimmer of Good News from the Mesoamerican Reef as reef health improved for the first time in five years, although the overall grade remains “poor”
MESOAMERICAN REEF – The 2024 Mesoamerican Reef Report Card was released today by Healthy Reefs for Healthy People (HRHP), in collaboration with over 70 organizations dedicated to the conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras that collectively form the Healthy Reefs Initiative (HRI). This regional initiative provides robust, useful data […]
GCRMN announces two webinars for data contributors in 2024
Given the urgency to conserve coral reefs and the commitments made by countries to 2030, the GCRMN is calling for coral reef monitoring data contributions for the development of its seventh “Status of Coral Reefs of the World” global report which will be released in 2026. To support data contributors and provide an overview of […]
AIMS Releases the 2023 – 2024 Annual Summary Report of the Great Barrier Reef Coral Reef Condition
In August 2024, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) released its annual report that summarises the condition of coral reefs in the Northern, Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR) from the Long-Term Monitoring Program (LTMP) surveys of 94 reefs conducted between August 2023 and June 2024. Below are a summary of the report […]
Monitoring the human dimensions of the Great Barrier Reef
People are a part of the Great Barrier Reef. SELTMP is assisting Reef managers and decision-makers within the Great Barrier Reef region to better understand the human dimension of the Reef, to help improve planning and management for the Reef’s future. Resilience-based management of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR; the Reef) requires monitoring of critical […]
Call for Data for the Next GCRMN Global Report
The GCRMN Global Team have launched a call for coral reef monitoring data for the preparation of the next global report; the Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025. The GCRMN was established by ICRI in 1995 to monitor the condition of the world’s coral reefs. The GCRMN has published an extensive range of […]
GCRMN Caribbean Launches Call for Data
The GCRMN was established by ICRI in 1995 to monitor the condition of the world’s coral reefs. The GCRMN has published an extensive range of global, regional, and thematic reports on coral reef status and trends. The GCRMN collates and presents coral reef data, aggregating from national to regional levels, and then to a global […]
Bleaching can hamper reproduction and recovery in corals
Bleaching can suppress reproduction in a common coral species found in the Great Barrier Reef, hampering future reef replenishment, new research led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU) has identified. The research on populations of a branching stony coral (Acropora millepora) in Woppaburra sea Country of the Keppel […]
GCRMN Steering Committee Meeting – March 2024
On 26th March 2024, the GCRMN convened its Steering Committee for a productive meeting focusing on the production of the next Global Report. Jennifer Koss, chair of the Steering Committee and co-chair of ICRI, opened the meeting by highlighting the pressing nature of the current global coral reef situation, as we are on the cusp of […]
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