Abstract
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The northernmost part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef (MBR) runs along the eastern Yucatan
peninsula (Mexico). Over two decades, sprawling coastal tourism development and over-exploitation of
marine resources have considerably reduced fringing reef’s ecological functions. SimReef is an interactive
model designed to better understand the interactions between regional and local drivers strongly influencing
the health of coral reefs. SimReef’s development follows a collective design approach and an inductive
process whereby dynamics are represented by data-driven relationships. Experts and stakeholders participate
to the designing phase in order to help calibrating the model and to support a consensual validation of the
results.