An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands
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An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands
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Author : Glenn G. Page
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands written by Glenn G. Page and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Coral reef conservation categories.
"This capacity assessment, commissioned by National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Conservation Program, directly follows the coral reef management priority setting process facilitated by NOAA CRCP and initiated in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2009. In the CNMI, the priorities were summarized in the publication of 'Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' Coral Reef Management Priorities' (henceforth, the 'PSD'). The PSD forms the lens for the capacity assessment process. As outlined in Section One of this report, the consultant team facilitated a rapid, largely qualitative, participatory approach to gain the perspectives of a representative group of resource users, managers, upper-level administrators and funders who are engaged in coral reef management in the CNMI. The primary purpose of this assessment is to examine the issues that affect capacity in the CNMI as it relates to implementing the priorities expressed in the PSD and present a set of near-term recommendations for addressing persistent capacity gaps and barriers. The recommendations are offered in an appreciation of the context of the persistent capacity gaps and barriers. The recommendations are offered in an appreciation of the context of the CNMI. Implementation of the recommendations will require an implementation strategy that is adaptive. Based on the changing conditions, some recommendations may be dropped, others implemented as planned, and yet others arise as priorities that may not have been anticipated as part of this process. Indeed, the challenges facing coral reef management in the CNMI will require a long-term strategy for building adaptive capacity within the current governance system as well as an appreciation for what may be needed to change the existing system. As with the other jurisdictions that depend on the goods and services that coral reef ecosystems provide, the CNMI will need to honestly evaluate its current ecosystem governance paradigm and structures that support or impede it. Shifting to new governance pathways may be very difficult as it requires exploring new paradigms for economic growth and sustainable development that may challenge current opinions and worldviews, incentives, power relationships, and institutions operating at different scales that do not support such shifts"--Page 6 (Introduction).
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands
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Author : Glenn G. Page
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In The Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands written by Glenn G. Page and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Coral reef conservation categories.
"This capacity assessment, commissioned by National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Conservation Program, directly follows the coral reef management priority setting process facilitated by NOAA CRCP and initiated in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 2009. In the CNMI, the priorities were summarized in the publication of 'Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' Coral Reef Management Priorities' (henceforth, the 'PSD'). The PSD forms the lens for the capacity assessment process. As outlined in Section One of this report, the consultant team facilitated a rapid, largely qualitative, participatory approach to gain the perspectives of a representative group of resource users, managers, upper-level administrators and funders who are engaged in coral reef management in the CNMI. The primary purpose of this assessment is to examine the issues that affect capacity in the CNMI as it relates to implementing the priorities expressed in the PSD and present a set of near-term recommendations for addressing persistent capacity gaps and barriers. The recommendations are offered in an appreciation of the context of the persistent capacity gaps and barriers. The recommendations are offered in an appreciation of the context of the CNMI. Implementation of the recommendations will require an implementation strategy that is adaptive. Based on the changing conditions, some recommendations may be dropped, others implemented as planned, and yet others arise as priorities that may not have been anticipated as part of this process. Indeed, the challenges facing coral reef management in the CNMI will require a long-term strategy for building adaptive capacity within the current governance system as well as an appreciation for what may be needed to change the existing system. As with the other jurisdictions that depend on the goods and services that coral reef ecosystems provide, the CNMI will need to honestly evaluate its current ecosystem governance paradigm and structures that support or impede it. Shifting to new governance pathways may be very difficult as it requires exploring new paradigms for economic growth and sustainable development that may challenge current opinions and worldviews, incentives, power relationships, and institutions operating at different scales that do not support such shifts"--Page 6 (Introduction).
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In The United States Virgin Islands
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Author : Glenn G. Page
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In The United States Virgin Islands written by Glenn G. Page and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Coral reef conservation categories.
"The purpose of this document is to summarize the assessment of capacity building needs, and therefore present a type of diagnosis of the complex set of issues that affect coral reef management. While there can be no perfect blueprint or exact course of action for building precise capacity person by person or institution by institution, a prescription on how to continue to build capacity is offered and how to sustain a capacity building strategy to implement goals and objectives as defined in the USVI Priority Setting Document. There is much capacity present in the USVI coral reef management system and some successful examples are mentioned. However, a holistic, clear and detailed strategy is needed to routinely assess capacity and continually build capacity across the wide network of implementing partner organizations"--Preface.
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In Guam
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Author : Glenn G. Page
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In Guam written by Glenn G. Page and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Coral reef conservation categories.
"This capacity assessment is a component of the coral reef management priority setting process facilitated by the NOAA CRCP and initiated in 2009. The stated purpose of this process is 'to develop place-based, local coral reef management priorities' for the seven U.S. state and territorial coral reef jurisdictions, including Guam. In Guam, the priorities were identified in the 2010 publication of 'Guam's Coral Reef Management Priorities' (henceforth, the 'PSD'). The Guam PDS forms the lens for the capacity assessment process. The PDS includes, in Appendix Three, a brief summary of governance capacity issues in Guam entitled 'Preliminary Identification of Capacity Gap.' In September 2011, NOAA CRCP selected SustainaMetrix as part of a competitive bid process to conduct a more detailed assessment across all seven jurisdictions including Guam, which expands on this initial intent to address capacity gaps in ecosystem governance for coral reef management in Guam. This report summarizes the findings of our capacity assessment conducted in Guam between April 2013 and September 2013, including a 7-day site visit to Guam from June 7 to June 14, 2013, review of over 125 background documents, over 50 interviews, and ongoing collaboration with the Guam-J-Cat"--Page 16 (Introduction).
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In Puerto Rico
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Author : Glenn G. Page
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In Puerto Rico written by Glenn G. Page and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Coral reef conservation categories.
"The objective of this assessment is to present an analysis of the issues that affect capacity to implement Puerto Rico's Coral Reef Management Priorities (NOAA, 2010) and Local Action Strategies (LAS) for Coral Reef Conservation 2011-2015 Puerto Rico (NOAA, 2011), and an associated set of recommendations that could lead to an action strategy to build adaptive capacity to address current management objectives. Commissioned by NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, the consultant team facilitated a qualitative, collaborative and participatory approach to gain perspectives of resource users, managers and funders, and upper level administrators who fund coral reef management"--Page 2.
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In Florida
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Author : Glenn G. Page
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
An Analysis Of Issues Affecting The Management Of Coral Reefs And The Associated Capacity Building Needs In Florida written by Glenn G. Page and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Coral reef conservation categories.
"This capacity assessment is a component of the coral reef management priority setting process facilitated by the NOAA CRCP and initiated in 2009. The stated purpose of this process is 'to develop place-based, local coral reef management priorities' for the seven United States (U.S.) state and territorial coral reef jurisdictions, including Florida. In Florida, the priorities were identified in the 2010 publication of 'Florida's Coral Reef Management Priorities.' A key purpose of this strategy was to create priorities for management recognizing that resources were limited and the management challenges were increasing. Thus the publication that was generated was referred to as a priority setting document, henceforth, the acronym "PSD" will be used to relate to this document. The Florida PSD forms the lens for the capacity assessment process although it is important to underscore the importance of the FDEP Coral CRCP Strategic Plan that was prepared in July 2011, as another priority setting document and thus adds an additional layer to the capacity assessment process. While the geographic scope of the Florida PSD encompasses the entire Florida Reef Tract, for the purposes of this capacity assessment the area of focus was determined to be the SEFCRI region. This four county region that includes Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin counties, includes the northern one third of the coral reef tract from the northern border of BNP to the St. Lucie Inlet. The PSD includes, in Appendix Three, a brief summary of governance capacity issues in Florida entitled 'Preliminary Identification of Capacity Gaps.' In September 2011, NOAA CRCP selected SustainaMetrix as part of a competitive bid process to conduct a more detailed assessment across all seven jurisdictions including Florida, which expands on this initial intent to address capacity gaps in ecosystem governance for coral reef management in Florida. This report summarizes the findings of our capacity assessment conducted in Florida between September 2013 and February 2014, including a seven-day site visit to the SEFCRI region in South Florida from October 20th to 26th, 2013, a subsequent three-day site visit to Tallahassee from November 14th to 16th, 2013 and review of over 100 background documents, over 50 interviews, and ongoing collaboration with an ad-hoc steering committee established to help inform this process named the Florida Jurisdictional Capacity Assessment Team or J-CAT"--Page 15 (Introduction).
Coral Reefs
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Author : Marea Eleni Hatziolos
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1998
Coral Reefs written by Marea Eleni Hatziolos and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Science categories.
"The decline of coral ... if it continues ... will mark the end of one of the great beauties of creation and the end of a great hope that of discovering life forms hitherto unknown on the Earth ... Let us not forget that we are responsible to posterity for the preservation of the beauties of the sea as well as for those on land. We must learn how to make use of the biological and mineral resources of the oceans ... But we must also learn how to preserve the integrity and the equilibrium of that world which is so inextricably bound to our own." - Jacques Yves Cousteau, Excerpt from Life and Death in a Coral Sea, 1971 This book reports on the World Bank's 5th Annual Conference on Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, which focused on some of the most urgent threats facing coral reefs today, including the growing use of cyanide fishing along some of the richest reefs of the world, unsustainable trade in reef products, and constraints to effective establishment and management of marine protected areas. The proceedings stressed the need for strengthening the policy environment while adopting economic incentives and improved resource valuation techniques, informing management decisions through targeted research and monitoring, and rallying public support through environmental education and the media.
The Great Barrier Reef
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Author : Pat Hutchings
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2008-11-07
The Great Barrier Reef written by Pat Hutchings and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-07 with Science categories.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 344 400 square kilometres in size and is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contemporary pressing issues such as climate change, coral bleaching, coral disease and the challenges of coral reef fisheries are also discussed. In addition,the book includes a field guide that will help people to identify the common animals and plants on the reef, then to delve into the book to learn more about the roles the biota play. Beautifully illustrated and with contributions from 33 international experts, The Great Barrier Reef is a must-read for the interested reef tourist, student, researcher and environmental manager. While it has an Australian focus, it can equally be used as a baseline text for most Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Winner of a Whitley Certificate of Commendation for 2009.
Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands Coral Reef Management Priorities
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands Coral Reef Management Priorities written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Coral reef conservation categories.
"The work presented here is being facilitated by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (NOAA CRCP) as part of an ongoing effort to develop place-based, local coral reef management priorities in each of the seven U.S. state and territorial coral reef jurisdictions (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Hawai'i, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and conduct capacity assessments to identify the support needed to accomplish those priorities. The first step in this effort has been to work with the core group of coral reef managers (local, place-based) in each jurisdiction to articulate a set of strategic coral reef management priorities. The second, and next, step will be to complete a capacity needs assessment that helps each state and territory realize these priorities"--Introduction.
People And Reefs
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Author : United Nations Environment Programme
language : en
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme
Release Date : 2004
People And Reefs written by United Nations Environment Programme and has been published by United Nations Environment Programme this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
This report documents 13 coastal coral reef management initiatives, operated under the ICRAN framework. Before discussing these case studies some of the key issues of coral reef conservation are introduced as well as a description of the role of ICRAN and the UNEP Regional Seas Programme. Although the case studies raise a variety of issues, they all highlight the threats to coral reefs; management challenges and lessons learnt.