International
Tropical
Marine
Ecosystems
Management
Symposium

The disaster management and restoration theme explores the prevention and reduction of the danger posed by natural disasters and discusses issues relating to natural disaster preparedness, mitigation and management. This theme also analyses strategies for tropical marine ecosystem restoration, techniques, challenges, costs and key requirements.

Organisers: M. Astrálaga, and B. Causey
• Cases Studies
  • Hurricanes: The Role of Managers in Assessing and Mitigating for these Natural Disasters in Coral Reef Ecosystems
  • Implications for Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
  • PHOTOS and movie

• Reports
  • Prevention and Reduction of the Danger Posed By Natural Disasters
  • Strategies for Tropical Marine Ecosystem Restoration

• Theme 2 Presentations**
  • Corals for Conservation: Integrating Coral Farming into Coral Reef Management
  • Hurricanes: The Role of Managers in Assessing & Mitigating for these Natural Disasters in Coral Reef Ecosystems
  • Coral Reef Rapid Assessment in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Tsunami
  • Experiences of Damage Assessment to CR’s in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Tsunami
  • The Challenge of Informing and Influencing Policy: Lessons Learned from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
  • Participative Reef Restoration Project
  • Coral Reef Restoration using Larvae Collector
  • Coral Restoration: Ecological Considerations
  • Mangrove Restoration in the Americas: Local Solutions
  • Coral Reef Restoration: An Experience from Gulf of Mannar, Southeastern India
  • Ecosystem Rehabilitation - When To Do What
  • Workshop Questions
  • Coral Reef Restoration (video*)