British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is one of 14 British Overseas Territories. There is no permanent population in BIOT, but Diego Garcia, the largest of the 58 islands hosts…
Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for safeguarding the United Kingdom’s natural environment, supporting the UK’s world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving…
CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality- Division of Coastal Resources Management (CNMI Coral Reef Initiative Program) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island’s (CNMI) Division of Coastal Resources Management (DCRM) was established on February 11, 1983 by Public Law 3-47 within the Office of…
Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad & Tobago’s Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) is a multi-disciplinary marine science research organisation. It has been mandated to collect, analyse and disseminate information relating to the economic, technological, …
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Puerto Rico The Coral Reef Conservation and Management Program within Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources was established in 1999 in order to conserve, manage, and protect coral reef ecosystems,…
Barbados, Coastal Zone Management Unit The Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) of Barbados, which was established in 1996, was developed from the original Coastal Conservation Project Unit created in 1983. Since 1983 we have sought…
Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG), American Samoa The governor’s Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG) coordinates American Samoa’s coral reef management efforts and activities in collaboration with five different agencies (local and federal) focused on the vision “to…
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) undertakes resource management of marine and coastal flora and fauna including mangrove forests, coral reefs, seagrass beds as well as endangered marine…
Ministry of Environment, French Government France, through the Ministry for the Environment is supporting the International Year of the Reef Coordination.…
Principality of Monaco The Scientific Centre of Monaco (CSM) was founded in 1960 at the request of Prince Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. Dedicated to scientific research, the CSM is structured into three…