We welcome input and comments on the following draft background papers (Version 2) on issues related to the Coral Triangle Initiative. For more information see the letter of introduction

• The Coral Triangle: a regional ecosystem-based management approach


• Existing and potential non‐spatial management options in the Coral Triangle


• Existing spatial management within the Coral Triangle 


• Ecological resilience and “shifting baselines”


• Data sufficiency and dealing with uncertainty 


• How human uses and values can matter for the Coral Triangle Initiative  


• Participatory marine resource management planning 


• Climate change threats to coral reefs in the Coral Triangle 


• Threat of climate change to fish and fisheries 


• Capacity building for marine resource management including Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)


• Objectives and multiple-use zoning for a network of marine protected areas for the Coral Triangle


• Connectivity and the design of marine protected area networks in the Coral Triangle 


• Incorporating information about marine species of conservation concern and their habitats into a network of MPAs for the Coral Triangle region


• Designing a network of MPAs for the Coral Triangle 


• Long‐term biophysical monitoring of a network of MPAs in the Coral Triangle 


• Human adaptation to climate change


• "At least do no harm": Coral Triangle Initiative contributing to Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction


• Outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorns Seastars add to coral depletion in the Coral Triangle

For convenience in printing, the following file combine all of the draft background papers:

• Draft issues papers 1. to 18.

Feedback

Please send input and suggestions regarding the papers and co-authors to info@coralcoe.org.au