S.No | Interventions | Expected Outcomes | Metrics |
1 | Mapping the distribution and extent of coral reef ecosystem | Improved management and monitoring | Maps created showing distribution and extent of coral reefs |
2 | Establishment of Marine Protected Areas | Conservation of genetic varieties and habitats of corals, halting of reef degradation | Increase in extent of coral reef cover and associated biodiversity |
3 | Development of coral reef database | Improved management and monitoring | Database on species abundance and distribution |
4 | Regulation of water pollution, especially organo-nutrient overload | Reduced stress on coral habitat | Improved water quality |
5 | Regulation of over – fishing, sedimentation and alteration of coastline | Reduced stress on coral habitat and sustainable utilization of resources | Increase in coral reef extent |
6 | Control of coral predators | Recovery of damaged reefs | Increase in coral regeneration and recruitment |
7 | Control of exotic sea weed invasion | Robust reef growth | Increase in coral regeneration and recruitment |
8 | Establishment of ‘Locally managed marine areas’ for fisheries management | Herbivore protection, sustainable harvest of marine resources | Improved species diversity and abundance as well as productivity |
9 | Coral reef restoration | Recovery of coral reefs | Increase in coral regeneration and recruitment |
10 | Monitoring restoration and natural recovery | Enhanced reef growth | Increase in coral regeneration and recruitment |
11 | Managing for Social Resilience | Improved social resilience, reduced reef dependence | Decreased extraction from coral reef habitats,improved custodianship |
12 | Managing for Ocean Acidification | Improve reef resilience and reduced vulnerability to ocean acidification | |
13 | Construction of Anti-Poaching Sheds and watch towers | Reduced number of poaching incidents | Increase of area under vigilant protection and conservation |
14 | Creation of new legal frameworks, policies and agencies that are specifically focused on managing coral reefs | Improved coral reef management | Laws and policies on coral reef conservation and management |
15 | Coral Disease management -Development of an early warning system -Assessment of the spatial extent and severity of outbreaks -Mitigating disease impacts by removal of disease by physical means, quarantine, vaccination, antibiotic treatment and culling, phage therapy, disruption of cell-cell communication, stimulation of coral immune systems etc. -Promoting recovery through coral transplantation / assisted colonization and coral gardening and mitigating anthropogenic stressors -Raising awareness of the threat of coral disease amongst managers | Healthy and Climate change resilient coral reef system | Reduced number of coral disease spread incidents (reduced frequency and severity) |
16 | Management of Coral Bleaching -Identification and protection of areas that are tolerant to bleaching to act as refugia -Reduce local stressors for improved recovery -Promote recovery at sites that experience high mortality -Assessment of socio-economic impacts resulting from mass bleaching -Enhance stakeholder awareness | Healthy and climate change resilient coral reef system | Reduced number of coral bleaching incidents |