ICRI General Meeting, Monaco
12th - 15th January 2010

Note that simultaneous translation was available for the meeting in French, English, and Spanish.

Monday January 11th

20:00 - Welcoming reception at the Fairmont Monte Carlo

Tuesday January 12th

12:30 - Lunch

13:30 - Report on ICRI recent and on-going activities and action on items from April 2009 General Meeting

• International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS), Penny Stock (ICRAN)
  ~ Proposal
  ~ Presentation (PDF File)
  
• Coral Reef Crime Scene Investigation and Enforcement (CSI), Dave Gulko
• Economic Valuation for Coral Reef Ecosystems, Lauretta Burke (WRI)
• Coral Disease (including the report in the resolution), Terry Young (UNEP-WCMC)
  ~ Terms of Reference for the ICRI Ad Hoc Committee on Coral Disease and Resolution (Word file)
  ~ Presentation (PDF File)

• Reefs at Risk Revisited (PDF File), Lauretta Burke (WRI)
• The Coral Reef Targeted Research (CRTR) WBCRTR, Anthony Hooten
• International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), Nicola Barnard (ICRAN)
• Coral Reef InitiativeS for the Pacific (CRISP) including the Pacific Regional conference on Marine Managed Areas (PDF File), Eric Clua (CRISP) and Caroline Vieux (SPREP)
• Coral Triangle Initiative, Cherryta Yunia (Indonesia)
• South Asia Coral Reef Task Force, Mr. Nilaratna (India)
• South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme, Ramasamy Venkaten (SACEP)
• Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), Mohammed Kotb (PERSGA)
• East Asia Initiative on MPA networks, Kohei Hibino (Japan) and Thu Nguyen Giang (Vietnam)
  ~ Report (PDF File)
  ~ Presentation (PDF File)
• French GEF and marine protected areas (MPAs) : capitalising on experiences, Julien Calas (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial)
• Discussion

Wednesday January 13th - Caribbean day

08:30 - Presentation of the reefs in the region, Nelson Andrade (UNEP CAR)
09:00 - Monitoring, Status and threats to reefs, Clive Wilkinson (GCRMN) and members from the region (Jamaica, Barbados)
09:30- Economic valuation of coral reefs, Lauretta Burke (WRI) and members from the region (Belize, Dominican Republic, France)
10:00 - Coffee Break
10:30 - Major projects in the region

• Caribbean Challenge (PDF File), Nathalie Zenny (The Nature Conservancy)
• UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) and SPAW (Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife) Protocol (PDF File), Hélène Souan (CAR SPAW) and Alessandra Vanzella (UNEP CAR)
• Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM), Julien Calas (FFEM)
• Initiative française pour les récifs coralliens (IFRECOR), Franck Mazéas (DIREN Guadeloupe)
• U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, Scot Frew (NOAA)
• Discussion

• Marine Protected Areas
  ~ Introduction, Franck Mazéas (DIREN Guadeloupe) and Pauline Malterre (RNN Saint-Martin)
  
• Invasive Alien Species - Moderator: Carl Lundin (IUCN)
  ~ The Lion Fish - An example of invasive species, Ricardo Gómez Lozano (Mexico, Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Cozumel)
  ~ The Lion-Fish: two species, Hélène Souan (CAR SPAW)
• Tourism

• Initial presentation by Secretariat
• Presentations by selected Members
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (Presentation, PDF File), Russell Reichelt (GBRMPA)
  • Corredor Marino del Pacífico Este Tropical (Presentation, PDF File), Ricardo Meneses-Orellano
  • France, Pascal Colin
  • India (Presentation, PDF File), B.P. Nilaratna
  • The Nature Conservancy (Presentation, PDF File), Scott Smith (TNC)
• Questions from floor
  

Reports received

• Brazil (PDF File) - updated version 08/01/09
• Coral Reef InitiativeS for the Pacific (PDF File)
• Dominican Republic (PDF File)
• Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (PDF File)
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (PDF File)
• India (PDF File)
• Indonesia (PDF File)
• International Coral Reef Action Network (PDF File)
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Jamaica (PDF File)
• Japan (PDF File)
• Kenya (PDF File)
• Maldives (PDF File) - updated version 08/01/09
• Programme for the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)
  • Report (PDF File)
  • L'état des récifs coralliens dans la région de la mer Rouge et du golfe d'Aden : 2009 - Resume du rapport (PDF File)
  • Status of Coral Reefs of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Region: 2009 - Executive Summary (PDF File)
• Project AWARE Foundation
• Reef Check (PDF File)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (PDF File)
• Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations (PDF File)
• South Africa (PDF File)
• South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) and South Asia Coral Reef Task Force (PDF File)- updated version 06/01/09
• The Nature Conservancy (PDF File)
• United Nations Environment Programme:
  • Report (PDF File)
  • Attachment 1 - The Other 70%: UNEP Marine and Coastal Strategy (PDF File)
• UNEP-Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (PDF File)
• UNEP-WCMC (PDF File)
• United States of America (PDF File) - updated version 06/01/09
• Vietnam (PDF File)
• Wildlife Conservation Society (PDF File)
• World Resources Institute (PDF File)

• International Coral Ref Action Network (ICRAN)
  ~ Draft Decision on the Governance of the International Coral Reef Action Network (Word File)
  ~ Presentation (PDF File)
• Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), Clive Wilkinson
  ~ GCRMN Management Group & Supporters Meeting - Minutes
  ~ Presentation (PDF File)

12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Session on Fisheries
Theme: Status and challenges for coral reef fisheries
Moderator: Eric Clua (CRISP)

• "Massa God Fish Can Done", documentary film about fishers from Jamaica’s Pedro Bank
• Importance of spawning aggregations and coral reef key & vulnerable species, Yvonne Sadovy (University of Hong Kong)
• Impact of Climate Change on CRF and solutions to be implemented, Philip Munday (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies)
• Justification of reef sharks conservation + solutions, Eric CLUA (CRISP)
• Case study on brasilian fisheries, Beatrice Ferreira (Brazil)
• Solutions for adressing the effects of Climate Change on reef fisheries, Eric Clua (CRISP)
• Output of the ICRI Live reef food fish trade workshop in Hong Kong Nov 2009, USA, Kelly Milton (DoS, USA)
• Open discussion and conclusions

Friday January 15th

• International Year of Biodiversity, David Ainsworth (CBD) - Statement by Mr. Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (PDF File)
• UNEP - 11th special session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (February 24-26, 2010, Bali, Indonesia)
• CITES - 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (March 13-25, 2010, Doha, Qatar)
• 5th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands: Ensuring Survival, Preserving Life, and Improving Governance (May 3-7, 2010, UNESCO, Paris, France)
• 10th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (October 2010, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
• 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (July 9-13, 2012, Cairns, Australia) - Presentation (PDF File)
• Other meetings