[Coral-List] NOAA Elevates Effectiveness in Addressing Threats to Coral Reefs
Kacky.Andrews
Kacky.Andrews at noaa.gov
Mon Jun 29 13:01:12 EDT 2009
I am pleased to announce the release of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation
Program Goals & Objectives 2010-2015 and the Coral Reef Conservation
Program International Strategy 2010-2015. These documents provide
strategic guidance on the CRCP’s priorities for FY 2010-2015. The
documents can be found at the links below.
*Goals & Objectives*
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/wgroups/resources/final/3threats_go.pdf
*International Strategy*
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/wgroups/resources/final/intl_strategy.pdf
The decline and loss of coral reefs has significant social, cultural,
economic, and ecological impacts on people and communities in the U.S..
and around the world. However, with effective leadership and management,
healthy reef ecosystems can continue to provide these valuable services
to current and future generations.
In order to enhance effective leadership and management of coral reef
ecosystems, the CRCP is narrowing the focus of its U.S. domestic
activities and shifting resources to on-the-ground and in-the-water
action. Our efforts will concentrate on understanding and addressing the
top three recognized global threats to coral reef ecosystems: climate
change impacts; fishing impacts, and impacts from land-based sources of
pollution. The CRCP is also expanding its international presence through
more active involvement in coral conservation efforts, primarily in the
Pacific, Coral Triangle region, and Caribbean. These documents lay out a
multi-disciplinary approach to coral reef conservation, including
scientific research, monitoring, social science, communications,
education, and capacity building.
The CRCP would like to thank the threat-based and international working
groups, as well as those who provided input during the public comment
period, for their contributions over the last several months. The
commitment, time, and effort brought to this process are greatly
appreciated.
The CRCP has worked with its suite of partners to identify specific
goals and objectives for each of the three threat areas and for the
international arena. The working groups were composed of a broad array
of federal, state, territorial, and local government, academics, and
non-governmental organization representatives. While these Goals and
Objectives will guide the future direction of the CRCP, it is our hope
that they will also be useful to other scientific and management
organizations in their coral reef conservation work. To learn more about
the process utilized to develop this report, visit
http://coralreef.noaa.gov/wgroups/welcome.html My apologies for any
cross-postings.
Sincerely,
Kacky Andrews
Program Manager
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
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