NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program

International Grant Products

This page highlights some of the international awards products produced through the Coral Program's various financial assistance awards. For general information about the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program please visit the CRCP website.

Atlantic Ocean/Wider Caribbean Sea

Selected products for the Atlantic Ocean/Wider Caribbean Sea region generated through the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program are highlighted below. For a complete list of grant products products for this region please search through the CoRIS Geoportal.

Belize

Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve - Management Plan 2011-2016

• Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve Management Plan 2011-2016
• Laughing Bird Caye National Park - Management Plan 2011-2016
• Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve Management Plan 2011 - 2016
• Financial sustainability of the Port Honduras Marine Reserve in Belize 
• Improving management of marine protected areas in Belize 

Colombia

• Payment for ecosystem services to finance marine protected areas 

Grenada/St. Vincent

• Carriacou Local Early Action Planning (LEAP)
• Carriacou Local Early Action Plans Guide 2018
• LEAP Carriacou Getting Ready for Climate Change Video
• Peer Mentoring for LEAP in the Grenadines Video
• The marine zoning plan for the Grenadine Islands of Grenada and St. Vincent
• Planning for sustainable development of the marine and coastal resources of the Grenadines: Workshop Report (2012)
• Developing a framework for a comprehensive marine multi-use zoning plan for the Grenadine Islands
• Socio-economic Monitoring by Caribbean Challenge Marine Protected Area Managers
• Strengthening Grenada’s Marine Protected Area Enforcement Capacity
• Strengthening Reef Management in the Grenada Bank

Honduras

• Climate Resilience Potential and Adaptive Capacity Assessment for Cayos Cochinos Marine Protected Area (English/Spanish)
• Monitoreo Socioeconómico: El uso de la Matriz de Contabilidad Social en la Costa Caribe de Honduras
• Matrices de Contabilidad Social y Análisis de Multiplicadores en la Costa Caribe de Honduras
• Port Honduras Marine Reserve Management Plan : 2011 - 2016
• Port Honduras Marine Reserve: Manual for Biological Monitoring, Management Effectiveness Indicators and GIS Applications

Mexico

• Climate Resilience Potential and Adaptive Capacity Assessment for Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancún y Punta Nizuc Marine Protected Area: A Summary (English/Spanish)

Saint Lucia

• Land-use and Sedimentation Patterns in Saint Lucia in Relation to their Impacts on Coral Reefs
• Creating Sustainable Financing and Capacity for St. Lucia Coral Reef Protected Areas

Wider Caribbean

• Analysis of Resistance to Climate Change for Marine Protected Areas of the Mesoamerican Reef (English/Spanish)
• Integrated Reef Resilience Assessment Guide - Mesoamerican Reef (English/Spanish)
• Learning Exchange: Writing Workshop for Caribbean Coral Reef Managers
• Caribbean Training of Trainers Workshop
• Building Capacity for Management of Invasive Lionfish in the Caribbean
  
  

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Micronesia

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

Federated States of Micronesia

• Monitoring Data Reports

  • FY2010 Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring
  • FY2009 Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring

• Education & Outreach

  • Humåtak-Pohnpei Youth in Conservation Learning Exchange
  • Adapting to a Changing Climate Workshop: Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
  • Awane Marine Park strategy effectiveness review and initial management planning meetings report
  • Micronesia Conservation Action Planning Rally/Training Workshop report

• Management Activities

  • Climate change disturbances contextualize the outcomes of coral-reef fisheries management across Micronesia
  • Assessing the management effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Micronesia
  • Management Effectiveness in Micronesia: Piloting an MPA management effectiveness score card in representative MPAs across Micronesia
  • Commercial coral-reef fisheries across Micronesia: A need for improving management
  • Enforcement Training to Benefit Coral in Micronesia
  • Improving stakeholder awareness for fisheries management in Micronesia

Marshall Islands

• Monitoring the effects of human and natural disturbances at Majuro Atoll
• Majuro Atoll long-term monitoring guide. Coral Reef Communities and Marine Debris
• Namdrik Atoll. Coral-Reef Resources Monitoring Assessment

Palau

• Palau-Guam Youth in Conservation/Watershed Learning Exchange in Guam and Palau Renewable Energy Survey report
• Palau-Hawaii Learning Exchange
• Assessing conservation benefits of protected areas in Palau
• Micronesia Challenge: Socio-economic Pilot Study, Palau

Micronesia-wide

• Monitoring Protocols and Assessment Framework
• Socio-Economic Pilot Study, Palau
• Scorecard Development, Marine Protected Area Management Effectiveness Tool Training, and Second Socioeconomic Measures Workshop, Tumon, Guam, June 8-13, 2015
• Indicators for monitoring social impacts of the Micronesia Challenge: An addendum to socioeconomic monitoring guidelines for coastal managers in Pacific Island countries (SEM-Pasifika)
• The Micronesia Challenge: Assessing the relative contribution of stressors on coral reefs to facilitate science-to-management feedback
• 2nd Terrestrial Measures Workshop (2012)
• Finalizing the Regional MPA Monitoring Protocol: Coral Reef Monitoring and 4th MC Measures Group Workshop

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Southeast Asia/South Pacific Ocean

Selected products for the Southeast Asia/South Pacific Ocean region generated through the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program are highlighted below. For a complete list of grant products for the region please search through the CoRIS Geoportal

Coral Triangle Region

Evaluating the performance of LMMAs in the districts of Korolevu-i-wai, Dawasamu, and Nakorotubu

• Expanding Community Marine Managed Area Networks and Institutional Capacity to Support Coral Reef Conservation in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
• The Coral Triangle Atlas
  • Data Quality Control for the Coral Triangle Atlas
• Implementing Locally Managed Marine Area Practices in the Solomon Islands

Indonesia

• Assessing coral resilience and bleaching impacts in the Indonesian archipelago
• Build Local Capacity for Community Reef Fisheries Monitoring in Indonesia
• Conserving coral reefs in Indonesia through resilient managed areas
• Enhancing Coral Reef Resilience in Indonesia and Timor-Leste

Fiji

• Adaptive comanagement of a marine protected area network in Fiji
• Evaluating the performance of LMMAs in the districts of Korolevu-i-wai, Dawasamu, and Nakorotubu
• The Tikina Korolevuiwai/Koroinasau Workshop Report: Strengthening Marine Management Effectiveness and Mapping the Way Forward
• Koroinasau Environmental Management Plan 2010
• Ecosystem-based management plan, Kubulau District, Vanua Levu, Fiji
• Coral reef sustainable destination model: Advancing resilience in Kubulau, Fiji 
• Building Enforcement Capacity and Sustainable Financing

Papua New Guinea

• Socio-Economic Training and Monitoring in Customary Managed Marine Areas in Papua New Guinea
• Building networks for coral conservation in New Guinea

Philippines

Developing a provincial marine protected area network management plan for Siquijor, Philippines

• Developing a Provincial Marine Protected Area Network Management Plan for Siquijor, Philippines
• Improving Law Enforcement and Coral Reef Systems Management in the Philippines
• Reef ecosystems improvement through effective fisheries governance (Reef Governance Project) 
• Assessment of Coastal Management Issues Through Socioeconomic Monitoring (SocMon) Methodology at the Four Coastal Villages in Oriental Mindoro and Palawan Provinces in the Philippines: Program Recommendations and Policy Directions
• Socioeconomic monitoring (SocMon) program in the Philippines to support effective coral reef conservation and coastal resources management: Initiation in Oriental Mindoro Province and continuation in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan Province
• Socioeconomic Monitoring in Verde Island Passage, Philippines

South Asia

Socioeconomic Monitoring for Coastal Managers of South Asia: Field Trials and Baseline Surveys

• Agatti Island, UT of Lakshadweep
• Havelock and Neil Islands, Rani Jhansi Marine National Park, Andaman Islands
• Nassimo Thila and Banana Reef, North Male' Atoll, Maldives
• Gulf of Mannar Region, South Tamilnadu, India
• Kudawa, Vankalai & Silawathurai Villages, Sri Lanka

Thailand

• Enhancing Socioeconomic Monitoring to Support Conservation of Coral Reef and Near Shore Resources in Thailand

Timor-Leste

• Enhancing Coral Reef Resilience in Indonesia and Timor-Leste

Vietnam

• Improving National Coral Reef Management in Vietnam

Global/Other

Selected products generated through the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Grant Program are highlighted below. For a complete list of grant products available on this site please search through the CoRIS Geoportal

• Reef Resilience Workshop: Trainers' Project Summaries (2010-2014)
• Reef Resilience Review, 2009-2013
• Learning Exchange: American Natural History Museum's Milstein Science Symposium: Understanding Ecological and Social Resilience in Island Systems: Informing Policy and Sharing Lessons for Management
• Reef Resilience Toolkit updates summary
• 4th International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium learning exchange 2011

Western Indian Ocean

• The establishment of a marine eco-park to conserve reefs and support environmental education in Tanzania