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Networking among scientists and managers improves benthic habitat knowledge at six remote Caribbean MPA’s
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Show full item recordAbstract: | [English] Improving benthic habitat information within remote Caribbean marine protected areas (MPA) requires diverse skills, including capability with remote sensing techniques and the use geographic information system (GIS) applications. A new network of scientists and managers within the region has formed to provide this capacity, with initial training funded by NOAA’s International Coral Reef Conservation Program. After two years of cooperative work, the 16 collaborating scientists and managers from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and United States of America were able to increase the benthic habitat knowledge of MPAs in their countries. [Español] El mejoramiento de la información de hábitats bénticos en áreas marinas protegidas (AMP) remotas del Caribe requiere diversas habilidades, incluyendo la capacidad de usar técnicas de sensores remotos y la aplicación de sistemas de información geográfica (SIG). Una nueva red de trabajo de científicos y manejadores en la región se ha formado para proveer esta capacidad, con un entrenamiento inicial financiado por el Programa Internacional de Conservación de Arrecifes de la NOAA. Después de dos años de trabajo cooperativo, 16 científicos y manejadores de México, Colombia, Venezuela, República Dominicana, Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos de América ayudándose mutuamente fueron capaces de incrementar el conocimiento de los hábitats bénticos de AMPs en sus países. |
Author(s): | Prada, M.
Rivera, J. Appeldoorn, R. Reveles, B. Fonseca, F. Ríos, G. Be, F. Carranza, J. Peñaloza, G. Hudgson, R. Mitchell, A. Marín, G. Mateo, Jeannette Sharer, M. Posada, J. Rodríguez, P. |
Date: | 2007 |
Published: | 59th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 9-11 November 2006, Belize City, Belize |
Citation: | Prada, M. et al. (2007). Networking among scientists and managers improves benthic habitat knowledge at six remote Caribbean MPA’s. 59th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 9-11 November 2006, Belize City, Belize. Recuperado de: |
URI: | https://bvearmb.do/handle/123456789/4578
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