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 […]

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 […]

Samoa step up coral reef monitoring

AIMS has played a guiding role in helping Samoa draft the design of a national coral reef monitoring program to standardise and integrate local monitoring efforts.  This will help the Pacific nation better understand the status and trends of its coral reefs and fisheries and inform how they are best managed. In addition, AIMS concluded […]

GCRMN Regional Coordinators Meeting – February 2024

The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) is a global network of scientists, managers and organisations that monitor the condition of coral reefs throughout the world, operating through  10 regional nodes, which operate as entities under the GCRMN driven by regional coordinators. These coordinators facilitate the communication within the region, host workshops on monitoring and […]

Eastern Tropical Pacific node online meeting

Following the June 2023 in-person meeting hosted in Cali, Colombia, the members of the Eastern Tropical Pacific node decided to meet on bi-monthly online meetings. These regular virtual sessions were considered necessary to maintain the cohesion of the regional network and for members to share their observations about the impacts of the 2023 marine heatwave […]