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HRHP in the Spotlight:
Media Highlights

Healthy Reefs for Healthy People engages the media to boost environmental awareness by highlighting scientific research, conservation efforts, and the importance of protecting vital reef ecosystems.

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International

10/10/2024

New 2014 Eco-Audit

The new 2014 Eco-Audit was launched simultaneously in the 4 MAR countries in February 12, 2014.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

Roatan a gem of biodiversity

Roatan, the largest of the Honduras Bay Islands, boasts an amaing underwater biodiversity.

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International

10/10/2024

HRI 2014 newsletter

Find our 2014 newsletter where we promote and protect the Mesoamerican Reef.

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International

10/10/2024

Climate change threatens coral reefs

Coral reefs are threatened with effective collapse under rapid climate change.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Tulum+20 HRI at COP13

Side event at COP 13 with MAR Fund, HRI and MAR leadership program.

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International

10/10/2024

HRI featured in Smithsonian Global

HRI making waves as it becomes part of Smithsonian Institution.

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Belize

10/10/2024

Someday is NOW

Belizeans sound the alarm on troubling trends they observe in their reef.

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International

10/10/2024

Projections of coral reef futures

Increasingly frequent severe coral bleaching is among the greatest threats.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve ceremony

Melanie McField & Marisol Rueda attended the presidential cremony for the MCBR decree.

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International

10/10/2024

Less fishing more money

Update on World Bank study on the state of the world's fishing industry.

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International

10/10/2024

2017 HRHP newsletter

International collaboration of 67 partners up to May 2017 improving the MAR health.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Report on 2016 Regional Meeting

Partners meeting took place in Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo December 1-3, 2016.

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International

10/10/2024

Chapter adaptive management MAR

The trans-disciplinary thematic areas of oceans management and policy require stocktaking knowledge.

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International

10/10/2024

HRHP as co-author in Handbook

The Handbook brings together a set of world-class contributions from ecology, economics and science.

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International

10/10/2024

Red alert for coral disease

On the lookout for 2 coral diseases spreading to Jamaica after Florida.

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International

10/10/2024

HRHP, TNC, and Biophysical principles for NTZ

HRHP as co-author in TNC's "Biophysical Principles for Designing a Network of NTZ's".

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International

10/10/2024

IPCC Report Sobering summary

The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Sixth Assessment Report.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Agua Nuestro Derecho Posicionamiento COP

AND aboga por el reconocimiento y defensa de los derechos humanos al agua.

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International

10/10/2024

GFCR approves programmes

HRHP is thrilled to be part of the MAR+Invest program to develop a positive impact.

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International

10/10/2024

Outbreaks of Caribbean coral disease

Caribbean-area reef researchers and sport divers on the lookout for sites with diseased corals.

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International

10/10/2024

2021 Eco-Audit reduced rate of progress

Release of the 2021 Eco-Audit- a rigurous evaluation of the region's efforts to protect the MAR.

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International

10/10/2024

Smithsonian scientist lauded

ICRS recently awarded Melanie McField the 2021 Coral Reef Conservation Award.

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International

10/10/2024

1% of the Planet partnership

Announcement of our new partnership with 1% of the Planet contributing to support people and the planet.

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International

10/10/2024

2022 HRI Partner Meeting Report

We share our Report on the last HRI Partners Meeting with more than 90 participants.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

More than 6200m2 of coral restored

Coralmania: mass coral transplantation will take place in Honduras, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.

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International

10/10/2024

The MAR+Invest acceleration program

The MAR+Invest acceleration program promotes for-profit projects that contribute to the MAR.

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International

10/10/2024

Nature: Newly discovered coral reef

Explore a Newly Discovered Coral Reef in Nature: Treasure of the Caribbean.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

Tela Bay and coral diversity

Nicole Helgason shares some news from Tela Bay and its biodiversity.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

HRHP statement on Swan Islands prison

HRHP issues a statement on its position regarding the possible maximum security prison on Swan Islands.

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International

10/10/2024

Find the Whales videogame

A digital education game was created to raise awareness on the importance of the Mesoamerican Reef.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Tourists perceptions of Caribbean Islands

Article about the need to promote local actions to gain tourists' understading.

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International

10/10/2024

Marine reserves and fishing

A study found that no-take MPAs increased fish biomass by 58.2% compared to zones without any form of protection.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

Cárcel Islas del Cisne

La construcción de la cárcel en Islas del Cisne no es viable desde el punto de vista geológico, ambiental y económico.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Drugs poison Mexican Caribbean

Cocaine traces and wastewater found in rockpools hints at the interconnectivity of the water system and the reefs.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Shield

Miniserie documental sobre el impacto de los eventos climáticos extremos en los corales y manglares del Caribe.

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International

10/10/2024

Treasure of the Caribbean

A story of hope in troubling times. The discovery of a coral reef in Belize and Guatemala.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Erosión

“Erosión” es un documental que aborda las diferentes problemáticas ambientales en la zona norte de Q. Roo.

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International

10/10/2024

Protecting marine life

A new study of the MAR found that MPAs are beneficial for lifting up the socioeconomic status of the communities.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

Amenaza Islas del Cisne

Cárcel en Islas del Cisne amenaza las corrientes y vida marina en el Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

Día de los arrecifes

¿Sabías que en Honduras se encuentran algunos de los arrecifes más saludables?

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Honduras

10/10/2024

MPA helping MAR

Coral cover in the MAR is up 10 to 16% since 2006, according to 2015 Healthy Reefs Report Card.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Rise and shine Belize fisheries

Decline in commercial fish species in Belize.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

Colorless corals

From the Bay Islands to the northern Honduran coast, the hard corals had turned ghostly white.

Media

Honduras

10/10/2024

Advertencia arrecifes hondureños

Desde las Islas de la Bahía hasta la costa de Honduras, los corales duros parecían fantasmas blancos.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Health of Mesoamerican Reef declining

Informe de Avances 2021 destaca que urgen medidas de protección para el SAM.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Videojuego encontrar las ballenas

Juego de educación ambiental digital para crear conciencia sobre la importancia y proyectos en el SAM.

Media

International

10/10/2024

Improving health MAR

Our Report Cards create a consistent way of measuring reef health over time.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Belize reefs threatened

Report reveals improvement but also details danger posed by tourist-generated pollution, oil extraction and climate change.

Media

International

10/10/2024

Coral bleaching worse

Mesoamerican Reef in the Caribbean suffering the effects of mass tourism and global warming.

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Mexico

10/10/2024

Imminent death of coral

El coral en Q. Roo no lgora recuperarse después de la pandemia.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

Honduran park rangers

Roatan is a gold mine for tourism and fishermen but people want tougher laws to turn the area into a no-take zone.

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Honduras

10/10/2024

HRI in Honduras

HRHP is responsible for coral restoration and marine ecology surveys, grading the health of the coral reef.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Slow progress in protecting Mesoamerican Reef

La falta de inversión pública y privada en el cuidado del SAM, ha propiciado un avance lento según Informe de Avances 2021.

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Belize

10/10/2024

Belize UNESCO

UNESCO removed Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System from its list of ‘sites in danger.’

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Slow protection for Mesoamerican Reef

Las acciones enfocadas a la protección del SAM son lentas según Informe de Avances 2021

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Mesoamerican Reef 2021 Eco-Audit shows slow progress

The Eco-Audit results come on the back of a decline in overall reef health as recorded in the 2020 Report Card.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Love news report on 2021 Eco-Audit

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Love fm video on 2021 Eco-Audit

The Healthy Reefs Initiative releases the 2021 Eco-Audit of the Mesoamerican Reef.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Healthy Reefs Initiative presents 2021 Report

El grado de implementción de las acciones de conservación ha mejorado del 54% en 2011 al 66% en 2021.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

7 news Belize 2021 Eco-Audit broadcast

7 News presents 2021 Eco-Audit results and video.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Plustv report on 2021 reef Eco-Audit

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

News 5 broadcast on 2021 Eco-Audit

Media

Guatemala

10/10/2024

Ambientalistas alertan por mala salud del Arrecife Mesoamericano

La salud de los arrecifes en todo el SAM ha disminuido nuevamente, Reporte 2022.

Media

Guatemala

10/10/2024

Advances in reef protection revealed

Aumentar la implementación de acciones en un 1.2% por año durante la última década resulta demasiado lento.

Media

Guatemala

10/10/2024

Esta es la importancia de los arrecifes y su condición actual

El Reporte 2022 preliminar resalta que la salud de los arrecifes de aguas cálidas están en peligro.

Media

International

10/10/2024

Melanie McField our director honored by coral reef society

Coral Reef Conservation Award, Melanie McField Healthy Reefs for Healthy People

Media

Guatemala

10/10/2024

La salud del SAM decae a niveles “malos”

La salud del SAM decae a niveles “Malos” de 2006.

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International

10/10/2024

Niveles bajos en la salud del SAM

Al carecer de peces, la salud del SAM vuelve a decaer a los niveles “malos” de 2006.

Media

International

10/10/2024

Smithsonian scientist lauds reef health Melanie McField

Melanie McField has been honored by the International Coral Reef Society for her work to gauge the health of the MAR.

Media

Guatemala

10/10/2024

El 44% de los 234 sitios clasifican como malos

La mayoría de los 234 sitios en el SAM se clasifican como "Malos" en el Reporte 2022.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

$30Mil Damage to Reef

The cargo ship Westerhaven, went aground on Belize Barrier Reef being one of the worst ever to our reefs.

Media

Guatemala

10/10/2024

Al carecer de peces, la salud decae

El 44% de los 234 sitios muestreados en el SAM presentan "Mala" salud en el Reporte 2022.

Media

International

10/10/2024

Mesoamerican Reef needs more local support, says report

From massive hotel development through the agriculture industry, humans are destroying the MAR.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Disminuye presencia de peces

En 2022 la salud del SAM ha sido calificada como mala, al igual que en 2006.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Reef health and social well-being in the Mesoamerican Reef

A Guide to Indicators of Reef Health and Social Well-being in the Mesoamerican Reef Region.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Reportan mala salud por decremento de peces

77 buzos de 36 organizaciones monitorearon todos los puntos del SAM entre junio y diciembre del 2021.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Reportan mala salud en el Arrecife Mesoamericano

Retroceso en la salud del SAM 2022 en gran parte por la ausencia de peces.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Oceana highlights 2022 Report Card for the Mesoamerican Reef

Encouraged by the projects currently aimed at restoring the reef and solving destructive human activity issues.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Retrocede salud del SAM a niveles de 2006

Arrecifes de Cozumel, los únicos con buena salud en el Reporte 2022.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Bióloga, urge atender el Arrecife Mesoamericano

Mélina Soto insta a hacernos responsables del deterioro de la salud del SAM.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

7news mid term report for 2022 Report Card does not look great

Health across the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System is slipping.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Decae salud del SAM

La falta de peces deteriora la salud del Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Poor 2022 Report Card

“Poor” reef health on the 2022 Report Card for the Mesoamerican Reef today.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Reef health slipping across Mesoamerica

Reef Health slipping across Mesoamerica.

Media

Belize

10/10/2024

Sunup7 2022 Report Card discussion

Discussion on the launch of a preview of the Mesoamerican Reef Report Card and what are the factors for the decline.

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Playacar Magazine 116

Día Internacional de la Diversidad Biológica por Marisol Rueda

Media

Mexico

10/10/2024

Playacar Magazine 117

Marisol Rueda nos habla de cómo los océanos nos hechizan para crear conciencia sobre su cuidado.

Media

Honduras

10/10/2024

Reporte insta a cuidar del mar en Honduras

La Enfermedad de Pérdida de Tejido en Corales Duros (EPTCD) afecta a 35 especies de corales.

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HRHP in the Spotlight: Media Highlights

New 2014 Eco-Audit

Roatan a gem of biodiversity

HRI 2014 newsletter

Climate change threatens coral reefs

Tulum+20 HRI at COP13

HRI featured in Smithsonian Global

Someday is NOW

Projections of coral reef futures

Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve ceremony

Less fishing more money

2017 HRHP newsletter

Report on 2016 Regional Meeting

Chapter adaptive management MAR

HRHP as co-author in Handbook

Red alert for coral disease

HRHP, TNC, and Biophysical principles for NTZ

IPCC Report Sobering summary

Agua Nuestro Derecho Posicionamiento COP

GFCR approves programmes

Outbreaks of Caribbean coral disease

2021 Eco-Audit reduced rate of progress

Smithsonian scientist lauded

1% of the Planet partnership

2022 HRI Partner Meeting Report

More than 6200m2 of coral restored

The MAR+Invest acceleration program

Nature: Newly discovered coral reef

Tela Bay and coral diversity

HRHP statement on Swan Islands prison

Find the Whales videogame

Tourists perceptions of Caribbean Islands

Marine reserves and fishing

Cárcel Islas del Cisne

Drugs poison Mexican Caribbean

Shield

Treasure of the Caribbean

Erosión

Protecting marine life

Amenaza Islas del Cisne

Día de los arrecifes

MPA helping MAR

Rise and shine Belize fisheries

Colorless corals

Advertencia arrecifes hondureños

Health of Mesoamerican Reef declining

Videojuego encontrar las ballenas

Improving health MAR

Belize reefs threatened

Coral bleaching worse

Imminent death of coral

Honduran park rangers

HRI in Honduras

Slow progress in protecting Mesoamerican Reef

Belize UNESCO

Slow protection for Mesoamerican Reef

Mesoamerican Reef 2021 Eco-Audit shows slow progress

Love news report on 2021 Eco-Audit

Love fm video on 2021 Eco-Audit

Healthy Reefs Initiative presents 2021 Report

7 news Belize 2021 Eco-Audit broadcast

Plustv report on 2021 reef Eco-Audit

News 5 broadcast on 2021 Eco-Audit

Ambientalistas alertan por mala salud del Arrecife Mesoamericano

Advances in reef protection revealed

Esta es la importancia de los arrecifes y su condición actual

Melanie McField our director honored by coral reef society

La salud del SAM decae a niveles “malos”

Niveles bajos en la salud del SAM

Smithsonian scientist lauds reef health Melanie McField

El 44% de los 234 sitios clasifican como malos

$30Mil Damage to Reef

Al carecer de peces, la salud decae

Mesoamerican Reef needs more local support, says report

Disminuye presencia de peces

Reef health and social well-being in the Mesoamerican Reef

Reportan mala salud por decremento de peces

Reportan mala salud en el Arrecife Mesoamericano

Oceana highlights 2022 Report Card for the Mesoamerican Reef

Retrocede salud del SAM a niveles de 2006

HRHP in the Spotlight:
Media Highlights