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With reefs still recovering from the most prolonged global coral die-off on record (2015-2016), disentangling the individual effects of multiple stressors is a necessary step to help managers and conservation practitioners making decisions<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This requires a set of <strong>complementary indicators evaluating the multi-faceted status of reefs in both terms of taxonomic and functional diversity<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>SCORE-REEF <\/em><\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aims for this, by merging global-scale spatial databases on coral reef benthic and fish assemblages and long -term datasets derived from monitoring\u00a0 programs running in the French Territories <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and other regions. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The project: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">evaluates the quality, relevance and the consistency of available datasets and systematically evaluate existing indicators;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">assess the temporal dynamics of coral reef benthic and fish assemblages using taxonomic, functional\u00a0 and phylogenetic\u00a0 approaches to define ecoregions; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>develop region-specific indicators of coral reef\u00a0 health and resilience accounting for both taxonomic, functional\u00a0 and phylogenetic\u00a0 facets of biodiversity with regard to human impacts and to environmental variability<\/strong>; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">test for the relevance and temporal stability of indicators used within the context of the European Water Framework Directive, GCRMN and MPA monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SCORE-REEF<\/strong><\/em> plans to directly meet managers and stakeholders (representing MPAs, IFRECOR and WFD) during the project to <strong>jointly\u00a0evaluate environmental policies and propose co-defined indicators and metrics.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7656 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/score-reef.jpg\" alt=\"score reef cesab sept 2019\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/score-reef.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/score-reef-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 12px;\">\u00a9 CESAB Score-Reef 2019<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coral reefs host the highest biodiversity in the marine realm and provide crucial services (e.g. edible biomass) that sustain 500 million people worldwide. 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