Coral Reef Preservation Organizations

Mesoamerican Reef Alliance & International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) — by ww2bw — last modified 2007-09-05 15:50

 

Reef Check Global Network — by ww2bw — last modified 2007-09-05 15:51

 

International Year of the Coral Reef Symposium Organizers — by Ron Wade — last modified 2007-09-12 17:18

 

IAI CRN "Caribbean Coastal Scenarios" — by Ron Wade — last modified 2007-09-14 10:09

IAI CRN "Caribbean Coastal Scenarios" partners academic institutions with governmental and nongovernmental organizations to investigate the likely water-related scenarios that the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico will face in the coming decades and to seek consensus on the characteristics of a preferred development pathway that meets water needs without causing unacceptable degradation to resources and ecosystems. Scenarios are to be based on computer models that integrate the best available scientific data on water flows in the countries, international projections of climate change, and the human management factors (such as diversions for irrigation and domestic water supply) that influence flows. The outputs of computer models will be discussed and revised in stakeholder workshops to arrive at the most plausible scenarios possible, and results of the program will be presented and debated in national and international forums.