Coral Reef Targeted Research: Objectives

What we want to achieve:

1. Target the most important gaps in applied scientific understanding related to the resilience and vulnerability of coral reef ecosystems; develop and refine rigorous protocols capable of examining specific factors concerning coral reef health, by differentiating climate-related factors from anthropogenic ones across appropriate scales in space and time.
   
   
2. Establish an effective, scientific framework and knowledge base for the express purpose of synthesizing and comparing findings between sites across national boundaries, and at regional and global levels.
   
   
3. Apply the relevant findings to management interventions and policy formulation at national and local levels, and integrate relevant findings into Country Assistance Strategies.
   
   
4. Further the involvement, cooperation and enhance the capacity of researchers within developing countries as part of the global, applied research framework.
   
   
5. In light of research results, assist the Global Environment Facility to prioritize its allocation of resources for the conservation of coral reefs, as global repositories of marine biodiversity and important transboundary marine ecosystems vulnerable to the impacts of Climate Change.