EAPEI Coastal and Marine Resources Links

East Asia and Pacific
Environmental Initiative
USAID and State working with partners
protecting the environment and
improving livelihoods

Technical Links
Coastal and Marine Resources Management

USAID’s Water Team was formed to promote Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and support environmentally sound, cross-sectoral, and participatory approaches to managing, conserving, and sustainably using freshwater and coastal aquatic resources.

The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF) was established to lead the U.S. response to this growing, global environmental crisis. The United States is one of many nations around the world working to halt the coral reef crisis and protect, restore and sustainably use coral reef ecosystems for current and future generations. The U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF) was established in June 1998 through Executive Order #13089 on Coral Reef Protection to lead the U.S. response to this growing, global environmental crisis. The CRTF is responsible for overseeing implementation of the Executive Order, and developing and implementing coordinated efforts to: 1) map and monitor U.S. coral reefs; 2) research the causes and solutions to coral reef degradation; 3) reduce and mitigate coral reef degradation from pollution, over fishing and other causes; and 4) implement strategies to promote conservation and sustainable use of coral reefs internationally.

NOAA's Coral Reef online. Here you will find the latest news on coral reefs as well as links to the various NOAA web sites
Pacific Coral Reef Diseases International Trade Addressing Overfishing Corals and the Endangered Species Act

Marine Protected Area Management Effectiveness Initiative Web site purpose is to provide information about the initiative, provide tools to marine protected area (MPA) practitioners, and to facilitate a learning network among MPAs to improve management effectiveness. It is a central location for general project information, project progress, relevant documents, contact information, and details on upcoming events. The site also includes descriptions of the pilot projects that are currently applying the Draft Guidebook for Evaluating Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas at MPA sites.

CIDA PROGRAM FOR THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN The Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development (C-SPOD) (Program/Projet d'exploitation des oceans Canada-Pacifique Sud) is Canada's major regional commitment to the Pacific Islands, worth more than $28 million spread over 14 years in two phases. The program is funded by the Canadian Government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and is coordinated by the Fiji-based Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and LGL Limited, environmental research associates, in Canada. The program focuses on the sustainable development of the Pacific region's living marine resources and promotes regional partnership. C-SPOD projects are developed and implemented by the program's four participating Pacific regional partner organizations: the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency, Solomon Islands; the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Fiji; the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Samoa; and The University of the South Pacific, Fiji. To date, 14 projects worth more than $8.6 million have been approved by CIDA and its Pacific partners. Turtle conservation, tuna management plans, ocean pollution control, marine ornamentals export, and Marine Studies Programme post-graduate scholarships are among some of the diverse projects. The second phase of C-SPOD is slated to run until 2004. Visit their website at http://www.c-spodp.org Visit CIDA at http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/

Ocean Portal is a high-level directory of Ocean Data and Information related web sites. Its objective is to help scientists and other ocean experts in locating such data & information.

Locally Managed Marine Area Network is a group of practioners and projects who have joined together to improve the sucess of their conservation efforts. The members span the people and cultures of Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and the Ameericas.

World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Endangered Seas Campaign is urging governments, businesses, local communities, fishers and conservation organizations to protect and restore our fisheries. The campaign is working to: 1) Safeguard fisheries and marine biological diversity by establishing marine protected areas; 2) Reduce wasteful government subsidies that contribute to overfishing; and 3) Create market incentives for sustainable fishing through the Marine Stewardship Council's new certification initiative. Excellent set of publications already produced and also available for download.

The ICLARM World Fish Center is a food and environment research organization that joins forces with farmers, scientists, and policy makers around the world to help the rural poor increase their income, preserve their environment, and improve their lives.

FAO's Programme on Fisheries aims to promote sustainable development of responsible fisheries and contribute to food security. To implement this Major Programme, the Fisheries Department focuses its activities, through programmes in Fishery Resources, Fishery Policy, Fishery Industries and Fishery Information

Marine Conservation Biology Institute MCBI is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to advancing the science of marine conservation biology and promoting cooperation essential to protecting and restoring the Earth's biological integrity.

PANGAEA - Network for Geological and Environmental Data is an information system aimed at archiving, publishing and distributing data from Global Change research with special emphasis on geological, marine and environmental sciences.

Wetlands International - Asia Pacific: Dedicated solely to the crucial work of wetland conservation and sustainable management. Well-established networks of expert and close partnerships with key organizations provide Wetlands International with the essential tools for catalyzing conservation activities world-wide

Oceana is a new non-profit, international advocacy organization created with the sole purpose of protecting the world's oceans to sustain the circle of life. We bring together dedicated people from around the world, building an international movement to save the oceans through public policy advocacy, science and economics, legal action, grassroots mobilization, and public education.

Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) is a not-for-profit organisation at the cutting edge of ecotourism. We send teams of volunteers to survey some of the world's most endangered coral reefs and tropical forests. CCC currently has coral reef expeditions in Fiji, Honduras, Malaysia, Mexico and the Philippines and forest expedition in Malaysia, Mexico and the Philippines.

Secretariat for Eastern African Coastal Area Management (SEACAM) supports ten Eastern African countries to accelerate implementation of integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in the region

The ODINAFRICA web site is a source of information about the 'Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa' project. It also aims to be a 'one-stop-shop' for information about oceanography in Africa.

Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law This Guide is designed to be the largest collection of information on international fisheries law and related subjects on the web.

The Small Grants for Wetlands Programme (SWP) of the Netherlands Committee for IUCN (NC-IUCN)

Updated: January 12, 2004