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Description:
Project Manager:
Erica Towle
Project Years:
2018
Project Summary:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA-CRCP) is investing significant funding to support a National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP) throughout the U.S. Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean coral reef areas. The Integration and Application Network at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (IAN-UMCES) understands that a key component of this plan is periodic national-level status and trends reporting (i.e., status reports). Report cards will be required to communicate and evaluate the efficacy of place-based investments in coral reef conservation, and the aligned goals and objectives of the NCRMP (as per the NOAA-CRCP NCRMP, 2014). This funding will support IAN-UMCES to collaboratively implement the status and trends reporting framework that it has produced with NOAA-CRCP for five U.S. coral reef jurisdictions (Pacific jurisdictions – planned release in summer 2018). This funding will support the implementation as well as the production of three separate reports for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Flower Garden Banks (Gulf of Mexico) as well as wrapping up and release of Florida. Furthermore, this will (hopefully) fund the synthesis and production of a national level status report that combines the information and results from all nine U.S. jurisdictions’ individual status reports. This national report card will be a summary and overall look at the health of U.S. coral reefs across the world.
Expected Outcome:
Coral reef condition reports for Puerto Rico, Florida, USVI, and FGBs.
Project Locations:
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Gulf of Mexico
- Florida
Project Category:
National Monitoring
Project Type:
Closed
Project Status:
Completed
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