Examining the growth of corals in a rope nursery Bolinao, Philippines

The CRTR Program’s research is targeted to achieve specific outcomes through six Working Groups, which address the following research themes:

• Coral bleaching and local ecological factors
• Connectivity and large-scale ecological processes
• Coral diseases
• Modelling and decision support
• Remote sensing
• Restoration and remediation.

This targeted research framework is systematically identifying information gaps, and prioritizing them in order of strategic importance to management, so that the resulting information and tools developed can lead to credible outcomes.