


- Improving trust and communications among scientists, policy makers, managers and stakeholders.
- Developing strong partnerships between political leaders and the scientific community.
- Guiding efforts and strategies for effective allocation of limited financial, human and institutional resources to halt and reverse coral reef decline locally and globally.
- Developing a framework for quantitatively evaluating the effectiveness of coral reef protection and recovery activities and initiatives by applying the best available science.
- Increase global knowledge and interest in coral reefs, including sustainable use and conservation strategies;
- Showcase successful science, conservation and management efforts;
- Develop collaborations and partnerships to increase international capacity to address coral reef issues; and
- Increase global awareness of reef degradation and possible solutions by extensive promotion in the media.

- Reefs are threatened, not doomed
- Climate change, pollution and overfishing are the 3 drivers that ALL have to be addressed
- Local, pro-active interventions can help to build resilience of reefs to climate change, but reefs cannot be climate-proofed
- Prevention is better than cure, but recovery is possible
- Scientists can help by spreading the message that reefs can still be saved if we actually try harder!