International
Tropical
Marine
Ecosystems
Management
Symposium

ITMEMS is a conference:

• For managers, it is not a scientific meeting. However ITMEMS recognises the interlinked roles of Scientists, policymakers, conservationists, and managers to ensure a well informed and coordinated approach to coral reef conservation

• Designed to achieve specific outcomes not primarily to listen to expert presentations

• For considering case studies and experience without imposing solutions

• Where managers work in a culture of openness and inclusivity to define their needs and improve their ability to meet those needs in ways relevant to their operating environments

• That promotes holistic, strategic, integrative and entrepreneurial approaches to coral reef management

• That links local initiatives to decision and policy-making at the national and global levels

• That fosters innovative and flexible partnerships to benefit from the synergies of collective action and collaboration

• That builds on and recognises local and indigenous knowledge, practices and values