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No Thumbnail AvailableProjectProgramme / project reportRegional Workshop on the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Coral Reefs 1997
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No results found.The Regional Workshop convened by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in collaboration with the Bay of Bengal Programme of FAO (BOBP) is designed to address these issues and to develop an action plan for saving the remaining coral reefs in the SAARC region. Since its establishment in 1989, M S S R F has given priority attention to the conservation and sustainable use of Coastal Mangrove ecosystems. In many areas, Mangroves, sea grass meadows and coral reefs constitute an integrated ecosystem. Th e Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve represents one such integrated ecosystem. Currently, a detailed action plan is being prepared with assistance from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for preserving for posterity the biological wealth of the Gulf of Mannar region. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical bookWorkshop on Integrated Reef Resources Management in the Maldives - Bay of Bengal Programme 1997
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No results found.For much of the world's tropical population, coral reefs are synonymous with reef fish and edible marine invertebrates. Reef-related fisheries are important to small-scale fisherfolk, as a source of both protein and livelihood security for local coastal communities. In all of Asia, coral reef resources play a role in the food and livelihood security of coastal communities. Perhaps nowhere in Asia in this role more important than in the Maldives. As a student working group in the Workshop put it, "The whole livelihood of the Maldivians depends on the reef resources." The Republic of Maldives initiated IRRM to improve the management of its reef resources. IRRM is supported by BOBP and combines scientific and fisherfolk knowledge with the expertise and input of all Ministries with jurisdiction in areas impacting reef resources. Issue areas for management under IRRM include (1) Reef fishery (2) Bait fishery for the tuna pole and line fishery (3) Coral mining (4) Tourism and fishery i nteractions and (5) Legal and institutional aspects of IRRM. The IRRM Workshop was convened to share scientific and socio-economic information on the five issue areas and to obtain a common understanding and agreement among the many government agencies, public interest groups and the private sector on the objectives and vision of the IRRN Programme. Participants examined the five issue areas and arrived at a consensus on recommendations to address each issue area. The Report and Proceedings c ontain the recommendations and the papers presented at the Workshop. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyAn Acoustic Approach to Resource Mapping of Pulau Payar’s Coral Reef - BOBP/REP/87 2000
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No results found.This document discusses the rationale, the conduct and the results of a new approach — the hydro-acoustic method — tried out to map the reef substrate of four islands at Pulau Payar Marine Park, Kedah state, Malaysia. The decision to adopt the method was taken after an October 1997 workshop held under the Special Area Management Plan of the Pulau Payar project, with support from the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP). A private company carried out the reef mapping exercise, whose objective was to document the diversity of coral growth forms at Pulau Payar, map and quantify coral resources, and prepare an update on the coral reef status at Pulau Payar, assessing any damage to the reef. The exercise was carried out in view ofthe plans by the Department of Fisheries, Malaysia, to inventory all the reefs in the country’s islands. Over the years, coral survey techniques have depended heavily on the SCUBA method which is considered risky, time-consuming and costly. Further, i t is impossible to produce a broadscale map with the SCUBA diving method. The author believes that the “new, repeatable and non-destructive hydro-acoustic survey approach” heralds a new era in corat studies.
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