Raising awareness of coral reefs and related ecosystems is crucial to their survival. Through awareness and outreach activities ICRAN seeks to inform coral reef stakeholders, alongside the general public, of the broad environmental issues linked to coral reefs, and the interactions of people and reefs. ICRAN facilitates access to, and the exchange of information for enhanced knowledge, and works to develop and implement training and tools suited to the specific learning needs of each stakeholder group.
In this manner it is hoped to foster responsible behaviour towards coral reefs, create demand for change, and the development of responsive policy and practical coral reef conservation solutions.
ICRAN seeks to reach a broad audience on international, regional and local levels to
Provide the public with general coral reef information using a broad range of media, such as the Internet, videos, press releases and community level initiatives;
Act as a public awareness resource and network to support local and regional coral reef organisations and groups;
Utilise reports, maps and data from the ICRAN partnership to support strong arguments for coral reef conservation targeted towards policy makers and businesses.
Reefs at Risk was the first global, quantitative assessment of threats to coral reefs ever conducted. Released in 1998, Reefs at Risk confirmed that coral… Read More »Reefs at Risk
Training of Trainers Report 2002 First ICRAN Regional Workshop on Experience Sharing Between Demonstration and Target Sites in the East Asian Seas (Phuket, Thailand, 26-27… Read More »ICRAN Archive Reports 2002
Training of trainers course in Marine Protected Areas Management 2003 IGOS Preliminary Report of Coral Reef Monitoring in the Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA) Jamaica… Read More »ICRAN Archive Reports 2003
4th Regional Training of Trainers Course Report 2004 – Spanish Report on ICRAN/Reef Check/UNEP-CAR/RCU Initiative to train Sandals Dive Team in the Reef Check method… Read More »ICRAN Archive Reports 2004
‘Guidelines for Rapid Assessment and Monitoring of Tsunami Damage to Coral Reefs’, which were prepared by the team of experts from GCRMN, CORDIO, IUCN, Reefbase,… Read More »ICRAN Archive Reports 2005
Training of Trainers Report 1999 Training of Trainers Report 2000 Management of Protected Areas in Comoros Marine Protected Areas in Kenya Background to the Establishment… Read More »ICRAN Archive Reports 2000
Children’s Perception of the Environment Climate Change Statement People and Reefs Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Marine Protected Areas: benefits and costs for islands Methods… Read More »Reports and Educational Resources