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International Year of the Reef 2008
 29 December 2007: The ICRI International Year of the Reef 2008 is a worldwide campaign to raise awreness about the value and importance of coral reefs and the threats to their sustainability, and to motivate people to take action to protect them.
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Its official: the 'carbon crisis' is lethal for coral reefs
 14 December 2007: In a paper published today in the prestigous international journal Science Magazine, 17 eminent marine scientists reveal that world leaders face a race against time in preparing coral reefs, and the coastal communities dependent upon them for the inevitable impact of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere.
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World Leaders in coral reef science review progress
17 November 2007: Eminent marine scientists from seven countries are today drawing together the latest international research on the management of coral reefs during a high-level meeting at Manila, in the Philippines 
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Postgraduate course: Light and Photosynthesis on Coral Reefs
1 October 2007: This is an intensive postgraduate course on the photobiology of coral reefs and includes a strong theoretical background (75 hours) coupled with hands on experience in practical classes (75 hours). The course is limited to 16 students.
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CRTR Program photographic competition

The CRTR Program conducted a photographic competition in 2007. Winners were selected from almost 300 entries representing the work undertaken by the Program, the environment in which it works, and the people and communities it works with: 

Capacity building for management

The CRTR Centres of Excellence play an essential role in building scientific capacity to inform management and policy, so that coral reef ecosystems, under threat from climate change and multiple human stressors, can be sustained for current and future generations.

Partnerships with leading international researchers enable the Centres of Excellence to serve as convening locations for the CRTR Program Working Groups. The CoEs in turn disseminate research findings through collaborative regional arrangements between local scientists and reef managers, NGOs and other stakeholders.  

Capacity building projects  

Future Leaders Forum

 In December 2007, the Australasian Centre of Excellence at The University of Queensland hosted 55 of the Program’s postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers from 17 countries at a Future Leaders Forum. The Forum helped develop the network of the future leaders in marine and coral reef ecosystem research and management; assisted in building their capacity to understand global issues impacting on these ecosystems; and developed new knowledge and skills to assist them in their current and future roles. 

Postgraduate course: Light and Photosynthesis on Coral Reefs

This is an intensive postgraduate course (Jan-Feb 2008) on the photobiology of coral reefs and includes a strong theoretical background (75 hours) coupled with hands on experience in practical classes (75 hours). The course is limited to 16 students. 

 
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