Reef Exchanges

Super Reefs: From Theory to Practice

From 2023-2025, in response to the fourth global bleaching event and the urgent need to identify, protect, and restore climate-resilient coral reefs, The Nature Conservan

The Gathering Storm: Preparing for a Very Strong El Niño

On this episode, we are joined by Julia Rose, Coral Restoration Program Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Hawai’i. Julia talks about her experiences conducting coral

Confirm, Then Act Fast: Encountering Invasive Soft Corals in Puerto Rico

On this episode, we are joined by Daniel Toledo-Rodriguez, master’s student at the University of Puerto Rico, and Dr. Nilda Jimenez from the Puerto Rico Department of Nat

Just Graze: Restoring Herbivores to Coral Reefs in Saba

Eutrophication, species die-offs, and overfishing herbivorous fish and urchins have led to faster-growing algae in many areas of the Caribbean, preventing corals from rec

Hold it Together: Stabilizing Rubble for Reef Restoration

In this episode, originally recorded for the 2025 Coral Reef Restoration Mentored Online Course, we speak with Suki Leung at the University of Queensland Marine Spatial E

Monitoring Coral Bleaching with Drones

As a part of Bleaching Awareness Month, led by our partners with the Coral Reef Alliance and International Coral Reef Initiative, we check in with longtime friend of the

Improving Reef Monitoring with MERMAID

Description: In response to the excitement and interest across the Network in MERMAID after our webinar on the topic earlier in 2025, we invited Dr. Emily Darling, Direct

Trust the Process: Climate Adaptation Planning in The Bahamas

In collaboration with The Nature Conservancy Northern Caribbean Program, the Reef Resilience Network created a process for updating MPA management plans to be Climate-Sma

Financing an MPA: The Blue Alliance Approach

Historically, funding for MPAs has often fallen short of what is needed to ensure effective management and successful outcomes. At the same time, governments around the w

Management Effectiveness for MPAs with Lauren Wenzel

With the Convention on Biological Diversity’s ambitious 30x30 commitment—aiming to increase the coverage of "effectively conserved and managed" areas to 30%—there is rene

A Deeper Dive Into Mesophotic Reefs with Camille Kaczmar and Dr. Jessica Bellworthy

As climate change threatens tropical coral reefs with warming waters, the search for areas where water temperature remains relatively cool during warming events has becom

Getting Started with MPA Enforcement with Sunny Tellwright

MPA Enforcement, better understood as Monitoring, Control, Surveillance, and Enforcement (MCS&E), can be critical to effective coral reef management efforts, and many mem

Making the Case for Nature-Based Wastewater Solutions with Rob McDonald

In this episode, Henry Borrebach and Kristen Maize from the Reef Resilience Network are joined by Rob McDonald, Lead Scientist for Nature-based Solutions at The Nature Co