by Cynthia | May 17, 2023 | Julian's Thoughts
In my last post, I talked about “building resilience” – in fact, that was one of the recommendations in our 2022 Annual Coral Survey Report for Malaysia. But how do we actually go about doing that?Resilience factorsAccording to colleagues who know more about coral...
by Cynthia | Apr 17, 2023 | Julian's Thoughts
Resilience based management is about adapting management actions to sustain ecosystems and social well-being. Resilience is a topic that we have covered before, but it’s worth revisiting because it is increasingly being used in coral reef conservation circles in the...
by Cynthia | Feb 17, 2023 | Julian's Thoughts
In my previous post, I talked about the recent signing of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and tried to describe the treaty in its entirety. Now it’s time to look at some of the details – and how we implement the treaty. That’s where the devil lies.The...
by Cynthia | Feb 3, 2023 | Julian's Thoughts
So that just happened, back before the holidays. After all the waiting, months – in fact, years – of delays, numerous rounds of meetings, political wrangling (and probably a bit of Machiavellian intrigue and plotting, thrown in for good measure too!!)…at the 11th...
by Cynthia | Jan 5, 2023 | Julian's Thoughts
The year 2022 has finally come to an end.If 2021 was the year of Covid, 2022 has been a year of recovery – and a huge increase in the tempo of our activities, with new programmes starting in Redang island and the Semporna islands in Sabah.In 2022 our survey programme...
by Cynthia | Nov 15, 2022 | Julian's Thoughts
Coral reefs are sometimes described as “the rainforests of the sea”, a phrase used to capture the vast biodiversity that they harbour. But at the same time, they are often (mis-)treated as “the invisible ecosystem” because, unlike actual rainforests, they are to all...
