Youth Lead Research to Understand Unexpected Resilience of Honduran Coral Reef

10/10/2025

16:00 - 17:30

Virtual Channel 2 , Solo en línea

Foro

Innovación disruptiva y liderazgo para la conservación Ampliar la escala de una acción de conservación resiliente

Por qué asistir

Youth leaders aged 15-24 initiate research projects to discover potential sources of unexpected health, biodiversity and resilience of the recently discovered coral reef in Tela Bay, Honduras.This multigenerational conservation effort that collaborates with locals and international partners transforms awareness into action that is replicable in other regions and ecosystems.

Descripción de la sesión

The session introduces the audience to the beautiful, unique ecosystem of Tela Bay, Honduras, and the youth-led initiative supporting its conservation. We begin with a brief introduction to the Leadership Development Program of the Families in Nature organization, in which future scientists and conservationists are fostered. Then we will quickly transition into the Cafe format, where the leaders, both youth and adult, share each of the projects they initiated to begin discovering what factors could be creating unbelievable resilience and biodiversity in the coral reef of Tela Bay,. Young leaders will share how they collaborated with locals and international partners to create a community science program, find out if the coral are successfully sexually reproducing, document the abundance of critical reef inhabitants, and discover the environmental factors present in the bay that could help explain why this is likely the most resilient and heat-tolerant coral reef in the Atlantic Ocean.

Organised by

Commission on Education and Communication

Asociaciones

World Commission on Protected Areas