Reef Passages: Watery gateways of life between lagoons and the ocean

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Reef passages are essential ‘communication zones’ that underpin both environmental integrity and social resilience in and for island regions. Their protection and sustainable management - grounded in scientific research, local knowledge, and inclusive policy - is fundamental to the future health of reefs. This factsheet was put together as part of the research project ‘Reef PASsages within coastal Social-Ecological Systems (PASSES), co-funded by Ifremer and the Agence Française de Développement (Convention Ifremer - AFD n°CZZ2633 01B), and of the project ‘A Sea of Connections: Valuing Reef Passages in the South Pacific Region’ (SOCPacific2R), co-funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (Grant Number ANR-23-FRAL-0002-01) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG Grant Number 529664738 ). This factsheet benefiited from the reviews by the SOCPacific2R team.

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