South Asia Workshop Advances Regional Collaboration for Status of Coral Reefs of the World
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) successfully hosted the South Asia Online Data Collation Workshop on January 21, 2024. Held in partnership with the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), this event marked a significant milestone in preparing the “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025” […]
IFRECOR Release Summary Note on the State of Coral Bleaching in the French Territories of the Indian Ocean
January, 2024 – The Initiative Française Pour Les Récifs Coralliens (IFRECOR) release a coral reef bleaching report for the French Territories in the Indian Ocean The French Coral Reef Initiative (IFRECOR) has released a comprehensive report on the impacts of recent coral bleaching events across the Frecnh Territories in Indian Ocean. The findings reveal the […]
IFRECOR Release 2023 – 2024 Coral Bleaching Report for the French Lesser Antilles
January, 2024 – The Initiative Française Pour Les Récifs Coralliens (IFRECOR) release a coral Reef bleaching report for the French Lesser Antilles IFRECOR have released the latest report on coral reef bleaching in the French Lesser Antilles. This comprehensive assessment, covering the 2023 and 2024 bleaching events, provides critical insights into the health of coral […]
Red Sea Workshop Advances Regional Collaboration for Status of Coral Reefs of the World
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) successfully hosted the Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Online Data Collation Workshop on January 13, 2024. Held in partnership with PERSGA, SHAMS, and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), this event marked a significant milestone in preparing the “Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025” report. […]
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 […]