Florida Reef Resilience Program

Diving the Florida Keys reefs. Bill Keogh

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ARRA Coral Recovery Program

Disturbance Response Monitoring   2012 Summer Florida Coral Reef Disturbance Response Monitoring Quick Look Report   2005-2010 Analysis   Training Presentations   Click here to see all the presentations

The Florida Reef Resilience Program brings scientists, reef managers and the people whose livelihoods and recreational pursuits depend upon healthy coral reefs together to achieve a common goal. The program is designed to improve our collective understanding of coral reef resilience by exploring the biological and environmental aspects of reef health and by asking a fundamental question of society, 'What is it that people want and need from coral reefs?'. Ultimately the Florida Reef Resilience Program seeks to develop strategies to improve the health of Florida's reefs and enhance the sustainability of reef-dependent commercial enterprises and recreational activities.

Download a brochure about the Florida Reef Resilience Program (.pdf, 1.9 MB). 

REEF RESILIENCE CONFERENCE 2011
 

Planning for Resilience

October 18-20, 2011

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26^th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting, 21 October 2011 

The 2^nd Reef Resilience Conference: Planning for Resilience (RRC) hosted by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in conjunction with the 26^th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting was held at the Marriott Harbor Beach hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA from 18-21 October 2011.

 The 2^nd Reef Resilience Conference was the Official Workshop of the 26^th US Coral Reef Task Force meeting and focused on Planning for Reef Resilience and incorporating Reef Resilience into the broader Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Process. This workshop provided a valuable opportunity for NOAA, the State of Florida, members of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force and other major partners in the Florida Reef Resilience Program to connect with a broad range of experts in planning and reef resilience. 

Links to presentations available here.

Caribbean Acropora Restoration Guide
Best Practices for Propagation and Population Enhancement

Published October 2011  

Sea Level Rise and the Florida Keys

August 2009 Sea Level Rise Florida Keys report

August 2012 Sea Level Rise Adaptation Workshop Synthesis

Materials from the May 10-12, 2011 Workshop

 RESEARCH REPORTS

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REEF RESILIENCE CONFERENCE 2008
Coping with Climate Change
April 22-24, 2008

FRRP - A Public & Private Partnership

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