Volume 69
Improving Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring in the Wider Caribbean Region: Initial GCRMN-Caribbean Accomplishments
Authors
Belmont, J., M. Pena, A. Vanzella-Khouri, and R. Torres Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2016
Pages: 141 - 142
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty eigth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Grand Cayman
Country: Cayman Islands
Abstract
Long-term and robust coral reef monitoring coupled with strategic reporting are essential drivers for ecosystem-based management and regional policy processes. The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) was established to support the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)s Call to Action and Framework for Action in 1994. The GCRMN worked through regional networks, comprising a variety of institutions, with the aim of strengthening the provision of the best available scientific information and communication on the status and trends of coral reef ecosystems, for their conser-vation and management. Since its inception the Wider Caribbean has been participating in GCRMN through the regional network and sub-regional nodes, coordinated through UNEP's Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), which also serves as the regional focal point for ICRI.