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Course Purpose

The Lead Reef course is designed for experienced practitioners responsible for designing reef monitoring programmes, supervising field teams, and supporting regulatory compliance in EIAs, ESMPs, and long-term monitoring projects.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

• Design reef baseline and monitoring programmes

• Lead and supervise reef survey teams

• Interpret EIA/ESIA conditions and monitoring requirements

• Integrate reef data into environmental management plans

• Assess cumulative and long-term impacts

• Prepare client- and regulator-ready reef reports

• Advise on reef mitigation and adaptive management strategies

Programme Structure

Phase 1 – Online Leadership & Planning

• Advanced reef ecology and resilience

• Monitoring programme design

• Regulatory frameworks and compliance

• Risk-based conservation planning

Phase 2 – Field Leadership Practicum

• Team coordination and supervision

• QA/QC oversight of reef data

• Client, regulator, and stakeholder interaction

Entry Requirement

• Advanced Reef certification

• Demonstrated reef survey experience

🎓 Certificate: Lead Reef Monitoring & Conservation Management