The allocation and management of spatially-bound property rights is a central policy instrument used in the management of natural resources in high-income, especially western nations. In such nations the establishment of strong property rights regimes is considered to be one of the main factors attributing to the advancement of western nations during the last two centuries. Such rights feature attributes including exclusivity, transferability and enforceability for rights-holders. The design of these packages of rights are tied to specific types of assets or land and sea uses. Therefore, as uses change, the specifics of the package of rights often change in response. The activity of coral reef restoration is expanding rapidly in response to the continued loss of coral cover, health and condition of the world’s coral reefs. Therefore by definition, as this activity increases globally the management regimes used to govern coral reefs will in many cases need to adapt to this increasing activity. It is therefore expected that increasing calls to strengthen rights-regimes will begin to occur as many reef restoration activities, despite mostly occurring in low-income nations, are led from or by entities from high-income and mostly western nations who are accustomed to strong rights-based management. However, management approaches in many low-income nations that host coral reefs are often based on more customary and traditional management instruments. Therefore, communities hosting increased reef restoration activities need to consider very carefully how best to manage these activities as they increase in order to avoid unwanted and unintended consequences of the imposition of governance and management instruments widely used in the western world.

空间产权的分配和管理是高收入国家，尤其是西方国家自然资源管理的核心政策工具。在这些国家，建立强有力的产权制度被认为是过去两个世纪西方国家进步的主要因素之一。此类权利具有权利持有人的排他性、可转让性和可执行性等属性。这些一揽子权利的设计与特定类型的资产或陆地和海洋用途相关联。因此，随着用途的变化，权利包的细节通常会相应地发生变化。珊瑚礁恢复活动正在迅速扩大，以应对世界珊瑚礁的珊瑚覆盖、健康和状况的持续丧失。因此根据定义，随着这项活动在全球范围内的增加，用于管理珊瑚礁的管理制度在许多情况下需要适应这种不断增加的活动。因此，预计将开始出现越来越多的要求加强权利制度的呼声，因为许多珊瑚礁恢复活动，尽管大多发生在低收入国家，但由高收入国家的实体领导或由他们主导基于权限的管理。然而，许多拥有珊瑚礁的低收入国家的管理方法往往基于更习惯和传统的管理工具。所以，