This report was produced by the Adrienne Arsht Community-Based Resilience Solutions Initiative at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and authored by Dr. Vanessa Constant and Dr. Ana Spalding. Thank you to the many implementing partners, dialogue participants, and workshop attendees who shared their time, insights, and expertise—especially colleagues from STRI, Blue Nature Alliance, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, Coastal 500, Sustainable Finance Coalition, Coral Triangle Center, WildAid, Rare, the MIHARI Network, Bloomberg Ocean Fund, and Communications INC.—for contributing case studies, ideas, and feedback.

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