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This feature: Helen Brunt, Semporna Islands Darwin Project

Coral Reef Fund - Image © Carl J Wantenaar 2005

For more information download the Call for Proposals.

Under the South Asia MCPA Project, five small action grants are available to support MCPA sites in the enforcement of protection measures and regulations. Short proposals are invited from MCPA site management authorities, local partners, community groups, and conservation NGOs for technical enforcement equipment (e.g. VHF Radio, Mooring Buoys, Signage), and/or capacity developing programmes (e.g. Establishment of Patrol Teams, Training).

ITMEMS3 Proceedings
The Proceedings of the Third International Tropical Marine Ecosystem Management Symposium have been released! Contact info@icran.org if you would like a copy.

For a pdf of the printed proceeds click here.

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The World Ocean Day allows us to collectively engage the global audience in conserving the ocean we all share. In order to better make the connection between climate change and the health of our world's ocean, The Ocean Project and World Ocean Network are encouraging partners to focus on "helping our climate, helping our ocean". For more information, visit: www.theoceanproject.org/wod/

ICRAN are supporting the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) committee on Coral Reef Enforcement and Natural Resource Investigation, through the implementation of regional coral reef Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) field training workshops...

Sustainable Tourism
ICRAN is compiling a bank of Sustainable Tourism case studies to highlight the diversity of activities underway across the globe. Click here to view the first in this series. If you would like to submit a case study outlining your work and share lessons learned through the project, contact info@icran.org for more information.

Launch of the International Year Of the Reef 2008
On the evening of January 24th, 2008, the International Year of the Reef was officially launched. Read more...

ICRAN Newsletter
The December 2007 ICRAN Newsletter is now available.

ICRAN MAR
The ICRAN Mesoamerican Reef Alliance project is now complete. Visit the project page for a portfolio of publications and resources.

Reef Check Dominican Republic
News straight in from the field... The British Embassy has donated US$30,000 to Reef Check Dominican Republic to install mooring and demarcation buoys at la Caleta Marine Protected Area.

One Ocean Programme
ICRAN is proud to announce its involvement in the new UNEP-WCMC One Ocean Programme. Earlier this year UNEP-WCMC consolidated its considerable marine experience and expertise, joining together current in-house marine capacity with the hosted programmes ICRAN and UNEP CRU, to form the One Ocean Programme.

This programme has been designed to reflect the interconnected nature of the world's oceans and coastlines, and the rich and varied biodiversity it supports. It seeks to synthesise, analyse and disseminate marine and coastal biodiversity knowledge, which both provides the basis for decision making, and advances the understanding and debate regarding the sustainable use and development of marine and coastal goods and services.

The first meeting of the South Asia Coral Reef Task Force
The first South Asia Coral Reef Task Force Meeting is to take place on the 21st December 2007 to coincide with the UNFCCC COP in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The task force, being implemented by SACEP and ICRAN, was officially launched in July. Click here for more information

The Governments of Mexico and the United States of America, as co-hosts of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Secretariat, in conjunction with UNEP-WCMC, are pleased to announce that the first General Meeting of the current secretariat, and the launch of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR 2008) will be held in Washington DC, US, on 22nd-25th January.

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