Communities and coral reefs: managing for resilience, scoping meeting, 26-27 January 2010, Apia - Samoa : workshop report

Abstract

Climate change variability has emerged as a significant, overarching and very real threat to tropical marine ecosystems globally. Its potential to cause extensive mortality to coral reef ecosystems and impact the communities who depend on them for a range of vital services (including food and income) is now little disputed. While this global phenomenon is largely beyond the control of local marine and coastal resource managers, meaningful action can be taken to respond to inevitable local impacts.