OneReef Partners with Pacific Leaders to Strengthen Community Engagement
Through a customized shared vision plan for each community, OneReef helps each community to take the lead with stewardship efforts. We actively engage community leaders
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3D Coral Reef Monitoring Guides Conservation and Adaptation Efforts
This past September Nicole Yamase, OneReef Impact Director, Colin Hyatt, OneReef Impact Coordinator, and two of our partners from the Sandin Lab at the Scripps
OneReef’s Partner in Palau Featured in National Geographic’s Indigenous Futures Issue
The National Geographic’s July 2024 Special “Indigenous Futures” issue featured the “Defenders of the Reef” article which celebrated the success of the Hatohobei community in
Preeminent Experts Join OneReef’s Science Advisory Board to Maximize Impact
This past year, OneReef created a Science Advisory Board (SAB), whose mission is to provide guidance and scientific advice to support and evaluate the success
Two New Marine Protected Areas join the OneReef network!
In October 2020, two new community groups in Pohnpei (Federated States of Micronesia) formalized Community Partnership Agreements with OneReef. Nanwap is an MPA (Marine Protected
OneReef trained Helen Reef Rangers apprehend large Chinese poaching vessel.
The Helen Reef Ranger team of five (5), led by Sr. Officer Hercules Amelio, apprehended and detained a twenty-eight-man crew Chinese vessel off the southwest
Jackson Wild Presentation by Madelsar Ngiraingas
Ms. Madelsar Ngiraingas, based in Palau and manager of OneReef Community partnerships, spoke at the Jackson Wild Film Festival to explain the Palauan perspective on conservation. Read more to learn about her story.
Floating Ranger Stations Update
November 2019
See photos and learn about the progress of two floating ranger stations in our partner communities.
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“Solving the problems associated with coral reef loss in the Pacific Island region requires more than just throwing resources at the problem. We must partner with communities that have deep-rooted and culturally significant relationships with the ocean.”
Christopher LaFranchi
CEO, Founder – OneReef
