Zepeda Centeno et al., 2018.

This guidance document aims to provide a review and
recommendations on reef management and restoration for
risk reduction. It synthesizes evidence of the role coral reefs
play in coastal protection and the reduction of risks during
disasters. It presents ecological, geological, and oceanographic
factors that contribute to the coastal protection capacity of
reefs, and the factors that reduce this capacity. It also presents
an array of risk reduction solutions to restore reef protection
services, and management approaches that can help support
its coastal protection values. Finally, it provides a series of
recommendations for assessing when, where, and how to
apply reef restoration for risk reduction.
This guidance document is not intended to provide detailed
practical advice on how to carry out reef restoration, neither
to provide detailed techniques and methods