NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program: Amerian Samoa

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Selected products for American Samoa generated through the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program are highlighted below. For a complete list of grant products for American Samoa please search through the CoRIS Geoportal

Monitoring Data Reports

• Village-based planning in American Samoa to address threats posed to coral reefs by climate change
• How Are American Samoa’s Coral Reefs Doing? Results from Long-Term Monitoring Conducted over the last 25-40 years
• American Samoa Bleaching Monitoring Report 2015-2017
• American Samoa Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program, 2011-2012
• Results of the Territorial Monitoring Program of American Samoa
  • 2012, Benthic Section
  • 2011, Benthic Section
  • 2010, Benthic Section
  • 2009, Benthic Section, including information on the tsunami effects
  • 2008, Benthic Section
  • 2007, Benthic Section

Biophysical Science Reports

• Establishing the catchment to sea connection: spatial and temporal patterns of terrestrial pollution sources and impacts to herbivorous fish

Social and Socio-economic Science Reports

• Enhancing socioeconomic monitoring to support coral reef conservation in American Samoa
• Samoa socioeconomic fisheries survey report, 2012/2013

Management Activities

• Control of Crown of Thorns Starfish at the National Park of American Samoa
• Territorial Climate Change Adaptation Framework
• Nutrient pollution reduction in American Samoa 
• The status of sea cucumber resources and recommendations for management in Samoa
• Strengthen the management and monitoring of Samoa's community-based marine management and MPAs network
• Local Action Strategy for Global Reef Conservation
  • Highlights of a 10-year Partnership between The Nature Conservancy, the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, and the U.S. Coral Reef Jurisdictions

Education & Outreach

• Resilient Resources Samoan Language Climate Change Glossary
• Fish Coloring Book American Samoa
• Coral Reef Ecosystem Lesson Plans
• Coral Reef Facts & Activities Booklet
• American Samoa Project Management Training
• American Samoa Strategic Communications Workshop - Reef Resilience
• Pacific Islands Training of Trainers Course - Reef Resilience
• American Samoa Coral Reef Educational Materials
• Oceans and Climate Change in American Samoa
• Climate Change and Coral Reefs: A teacher’s guide for middle and high school - American Samoa

Watershed Management Activities

• Promoting the Use of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in American Samoa
• Faga'alu Village watershed management and conservation plan, 2012-2013
• Strategy effectiveness review report: Faga'alu Watershed, American Samoa

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