Sentences with phrase «reef management»

This approach to active reef management has the potential to restore reefs to approximately their original biodiversity and stability.

The findings show that recent catastrophic coral bleaching events do not necessary signal imminent coral demise and can also inform reef management strategies, suggesting that interventions that help reshuffle coral genetic diversity among reefs will likely increase the coral's odds for survival in the near future.

«This gives reef management a major boost in the face of the threats posed by climate change and, encouragingly, suggests people can take tangible steps to improve the outlook for reefs,» Dr MacNeil says.

Climate research and Great Barrier Reef management are both hot political issues in Australia, where a federal election will be held next month.

Integrate coral reef management with land - use and coastal zone planning and practices to reduce pollutant inputs (notably, ammonium compounds, nitrogen and sulphur oxides) that increase the acidity of local waters.

Georgina has undertaken most of her research in the context of coral reef management in the Asia - Pacific region, including in Indonesia, Fiji and the Philippines, where she has worked closely with resource managers.

Regularly review coral reef management plans to incorporate the latest research and scientific findings into a proactive and adaptive approach to address ocean acidification impacts.

At present very few of these deeper reef systems receive any form of protection around the world because reef management — where it exists — tends to focus on shallow reefs, the scientists say.

Those were the stirring words uttered by Peter F Sale, an ecologist and reef management expert from the University of Windsor, Canada.

Mapping the Global Value and Distribution of Coral Reef Toursim used traditional and academic research combined with unique «big data» and social media uploads to map, in high resolution, the full value of coral reefs to tourism, highlighting the incentive for sustainable reef management.»

Associate Professor Bill Leggat, from Coral CoE adds, «Knowing which temperature patterns are present on different reefs, how these impact coral survival and their capacity to recover from bleaching, and how quickly changes in these patterns occur, will inform reef management.

Until recently, says Baker, the goal for coral - reef management was simply to create marine reserves and reduce the pressures of pollution and fishing, hoping that that would leave reefs strong enough to deal with climate change.

Most recently McClanahan is studying the potential interaction between global climate change and coral reef management.

The final workshop report, called The Honolulu Declaration on Ocean Acidification and Reef Management, outlines a suite of policy and management practices that will guide the initial and urgent steps required to give coral reefs the best chance of coping with ocean acidification.

Our results contradict much of the rhetoric about the importance of ocean warming, disease, and hurricanes on coral reefs and emphasize the critical importance of historical perspective for coral reef management and conservation.

The CRTR is a leading international coral reef research initiative that provides a coordinated approach to credible, factual and scientifically proven knowledge for improved coral reef management.