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While the 3rd global coral bleaching event ended last year, it was a warning of things to come. Increasingly frequent severe coral bleaching is the greatest threats to coral reefs posed by climate change. How we manage coral reefs, and how we use their ecosystem services - e.g. for fishing and tourism - needs to be informed by a good understanding of this threat. A key challenge has been the limitation of climate models, which are too coarse to provide meaningful predictions of future bleaching, as well as practical guidance on how to identify and prioritize resilience building measures. During the SPREP meeting in 2017, the partnership launched two new tools specifically addressing these needs. The \"Coral Reef Futures\" report provides detailed information on projected future bleaching and access to high resolution spatial data that can be applied in MPA design, marine spatial planning as well as vulnerability assessments (a scientific paper was also published in Nature Scientific Reports). A \"Guide to Assessing Coral Reef Resilience for Decision Support\" provides a step-by-step process for designing and implementing resilience assessments that support concrete management and policy interventions. These two publications provide key tools in managing reefs during climate change, and can help step up action during the International Year of the Reef 2018. \r\nhttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/22048\r\nhttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/22046\r\nhttps://environmentlive.unep.org/theme/index/19\r\nhttps://www.nature.com/articles/srep39666\r\n
Submitted on
24 January, 2018
Progress Status
On track
Organization
UN Environment
Name
Jerker Tamelander
Email
tamelander@un.org