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35th ICRI
General Meeting

The 35th ICRI General Meeting will be held virtually the week of February 1st 2021

Outcomes

Although the 35th ICRI General Meeting was held virtually (for the very first time) due to the to COVID-19 pandemic, around 130 participants from 60 out of the 90 ICRI members turned up and participated in a productive and interesting meeting. Download the ICRIGM35 summary record (amended version) (PDF File).

Key Outcomes

A number of key outcomes of the 35th ICRI General Meeting include:

During the meeting, Fanny Didou created sketches capturing each day of the 35th GM.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Meeting Recordings

Recording Day 1

Presentations:
  • Coral Restoration Consortium (CRC), Tali Vardi
  • Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Michael P. Crosby
  • Report of activities of the ICRI Secretariat since the last GM, Francis Staub, ICRI Secretariat
  • Update on the International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS 6), Hendra Yusran Siry, Indonesia
  • G20 initiative, Francis Staub, ICRI Secretariat
  • Global Fund for Coral Reefs, Pierre Bardoux Chesneau, Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Minna Epps, IUCN
  • Report from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), David Souter, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
  • Global Socioeconomic Monitoring Initiative for Coastal Management (SOCMON), Mary E. Allen, NOAA

Recording Day 2

Presentations:
  • Resilience-Based Management, Teresa Sadkowsky, Australia (GBRMPA)
  • Reef Restoration, Ian Mc Leod, James Cook University
  • Work on mapping of funding for restoration activities, Margaux Hein, ICRI Consultant
  • The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework + upcoming meetings, Joseph Appiott, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • Report from the Ad Hoc Committee, Emily Corcoran, ICRI Consultant
  • MERMAID (video), Emily Darling, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
  • France, Antoine Pebayle, France
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Gabriel Grimsditch, UNEP
  • Red List, David Obura, Coastal Oceans Research and Development – Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa
  • Ocean Watch and the global coral reef profile, Lauretta Burke, World Resources Institute (WRI)
  • Update on Mission Iconic Reefs and other major restoration efforts underway in NOAA including the application of The Manager’s Guide to Coral Restoration Planning and Design, Jennifer Koss, NOAA
  • Overview of NOAA Coral Reef Status Reports published in 2020, Erica K. Towle, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Coordinator, NOAA
  • Short presentation from International Coral Reef Society (ICRS), Andréa Grottoli, ICRS President

Recording Day 3

Presentations:
  • Update on the digital scaling of the Green Fins initiative – going Global, Chloe Harvey, The Reef-World Foundation
  • Pacific Coral Reef Action Plan, Peter Davies, Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
  • Creation of the first MPA in Jordan, Belal Qtishat, Jordan Ministry of Environment
  • Regional Activity Center for the Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife of the Greater Caribbean Region (SPAW-RAC), Sandrine Pivard
  • Update on Caribbean Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Prevention and Response Activities, including the NOAA SCTLD Strategy, Jennifer Koss, NOAA
  • The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, Rebecca Nohl, Scientific Advisor, Dasgupta Review Team
  • United Nations Decade on Restoration, Kim Friedman, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, Alison Clausen, UNESCO
  • Remarks, Christine Dawson, US Department of State
  • Remarks, Margaret Johnson, Australia
  • Remarks, European Commissioner, for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Mr Sinkevičius
  • Closing remarks, HSH Prince Albert 2 of Monaco

General Info

General information

In light of the current global situation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the ICRI Secretariat will organise a virtual General Meeting the week of February 1st, 2021. The 3 following sessions will be held:

  • Monday, February 1st, 2021 – Opening, ICRI business (membership requests, ICRI governance) and a session on the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN)
  • Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 – Report from the ICRI ad hoc committees, and ICRI members
  • Friday, February 5th, 2021 – Future activities, meeting outcomes and closing

The sessions will start at 11:00 AM (GMT + 1) and will be recorded.

Key Dates
  • February 1st, 2021 – Meeting commences
  • January 18th, 2021 –Agenda (PDF File) and documents available
  • January 18th, 2021 – Registration closed
  • January 15th, 2021 – Deadline for sending the questionnaire (Word document)
  • January 8th, 2021 – Deadline for submitting motions and comments on the agenda
Language

Simultaneous translation in French, English and Spanish will be available.

Contact

Should you have any questions or need more information, do not hesitate to contact Francis Staub

Agenda & Documents

Agenda

Fanny Didou is a graphic recorder and visual harvester. She founded “sketching the move” in order to support dialogue through a universal language: drawing. She will be sketching the GM and producing beautiful illustrations capturing each of three days of the meeting.

Day 1 – Monday, February 1st (11:00 AM GMT + 1)

Housekeeping (including Presentation of the format of the event)
Francis Staub, ICRI Secretariat

Welcome 3 co-chairs 

  • Australia, Margaret Johnson
  • Indonesia, Dr. TB Haeru Rahayu
  • Monaco, H.E. Bernard Fautrier

New members

Day 2 –Wednesday, February 3rd (11:00 AM GMT +1)

Report from the ICRI Ad Hoc Committees

Report from ICRI Members

Closing

Day 3 – Friday, February 5th (11:00 GMT + 1)

Report from ICRI Members

  • Pacific Coral Reef Action Plan, Peter Davies, Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
    Presentation (MP4 File)
  • Creation of the first MPA in Jordan, Belal Qtishat, Jordan Ministry of Environment
    Presentation (PDF File)
  • Regional Activity Center for the Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife of the Greater Caribbean Region (SPAW-RAC), Sandrine Pivard
    Presentation (PDF File)
  • Update on Caribbean Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Prevention and Response Activities, including the NOAA SCTLD Strategy, Jennifer Koss, NOAA
    Presentation (PDF File)
  • The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, Rebecca Nohl, Scientific Advisor, Dasgupta Review Team
    Presentation (PDF File)

Approval of the Motions

Upcoming decades – How ICRI could be involved in the upcoming decades

Remarks from Christine Dawson, US Department of State

Closing remarks from Margaret Johnson, Australia

Remarks by European Commissioner, for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Mr. Sinkevičius

Closing remarks by HSH Prince Albert 2 of Monaco

Funded with the support of the Swedish Government