Progress report for
Global Coral Reef Partnership
Achievement at a glance
The partnership is fully operational, making considerable progress in all thematic work areas. Tools that support management of coral reefs for climate resilience have been launched; demonstration initiatives on supporting reef management through private sector partnerships and economic instruments are underway; regional initiatives for coral reef indicators and reporting have been established with ICRI/GCRMN; and governing bodies of several Regional Seas have adopted resolutions on partnership activities and outputs. The Partnership Steering committee held its first meeting in November 2015.Challenges faced in implementation
Some delays have been experienced but overall the partnership remains well on track.Next Steps
The partnership work programme for 2016 is aimed primarily at concluding activities focused on development of tools, approaches, datasets and knowledge products, and increasingly moving the focus towards demonstrating and scaling up use of these in ecosystem-based management from 2017. This will include particular attention to implementation of the UNEA-2 resolution on sustainable coral reefs management (EA/2/12). The partnership provides a fit-for-purpose mechanism for implementing action requested of UNEP in the resolution, as well as to support countries in implementing relevant paragraphs of the resolution.Beneficiaries
Primary beneficiaries include institutions and individuals involved in coral reef policy development, management planning or implementation, at regional, national and subnational levels, as well as private sector entities that draw benefit from coral reef ecosystem services and stand to be affected by their loss. Ultimate beneficiaries are the many reef dependent people around the world.