The Nature Conservancy

Resilience Action Plan for Floridas Coral Reef 2021-2026

2021

The Nature Conservancy; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; State of Floridas Department of Environmental Protection and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

"The Resilience Action Plan for Floridas Coral Reef 2021-2026 was developed by the Florida Reef Resilience Program to define the critical, near-term steps that the reef management community, policy makers, and reef users must take now and maintain for the foreseeable future in order to tackle threats to reefs and rapidly increase restoration efforts. It is complementary to existing and emerging plans focused specifically on coral disease response, coral reef restoration, and place-based management of the national and state parks, national marine sanctuary, and state conservation area that encompass essentially all of Floridas Coral Reef. The plan is organized under three broad goals. Each goal has a specific set of action-takers in mind, reef managers, policymakers, and private stakeholders, respectively. Each goal is supported by specific objectives and each objective by even more specific actions. Goal 1: Enable resilience-based management of Floridas Coral Reef; Goal 2: Support public policy that creates the enabling conditions for reef recovery; Goal 3: Enable stakeholders to support the future of the reef and those who depend on it."

Florida Reef Resilience Program, coral reef, Florida, management

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FY2016 CRCP Project ID 31103; Project Title: FY16/FY17/FY18/FY19 - Non-Governmental Organization Partnership; Principal Investigator: Craig Reid; Grant NA16NOS4820106.

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