Conservation International Foundation

TO CREATE A CUTTING-EDGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE COMMITTED TO BUSINESS CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES IN PERU.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION WILL BE AWARDED $9,027,618 TO CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT M NOA AND OTHER PARTNERS, WILL BE AWARDED $$9,027,618 TO CONSTRUCT PERMANENT CONCRETE REEF FRAMEWORK STRUCTURES OFF OF WAIKIKI BEACH ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU. THESE REEF FRAMEWORKS WILL SERVE AS IN-SITU CORAL NURSERIES, ATTRACTING REEF SPECIES KNOWN TO BENEFIT CORALS AND BECOMING NATURAL CORAL REEFS. THIS WORK WILL BENEFIT THE CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM AND SUPPORT THE MANY SPECIES THAT RELY ON THESE HABITATS. BY ENHANCING THE ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE OF WAIKIKI CORAL REEFS, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE SOCIOECONOMIC RESILIENCE OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT DEPEND ON THEM. THE PROJECT WILL ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS THROUGH ALL PROJECT PHASES. THIS WORK IS BEING FUNDED BY THE FY2022 NOAA'S TRANSFORMATIONAL HABITAT RESTORATION AND COASTAL RESILIENCE GRANTS UNDER THE IIJA.

SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES VENTURES (SLV)

INCREMENTAL FUNDING AND REVISION OF 'TITLE TO PROPERTY' CLAUSE.

SLP PARTNERSHIP

BLUE ABADI INITIATIVE

THIS PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP FINANCIAL INVESTMENT PLANS TO SPUR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT FINANCING OF NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL CLIMATE STRATEGIES.

THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE SLP-P ALLIANCE IS TO SUPPORT SAN MARTIN S GREEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROTECTING ITS NATURAL CAPITAL, AND VALUING IT

PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF BOLIVIANS.

TO PROVIDE INCREMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $733,000, AND TO INCLUDE THE STANDARD PROVISION "MARKING UNDER USAID FUNDED ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENTS (D

INCREMENTAL FUNDING, BUDGER REVISION, PROGRAM DESCRIPTION REVISION AND REVISION OF 1 STANDARD PROVISION.

WIDENING INFORMED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR REDD+ (WISE)

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL HAS DEVELOPED A SUITE OF NEAR REAL-TIME FIRE AND DEFORESTATION MONITORING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS THAT CHANNEL SATELLITE O

THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GROUPS TO ACCESS FUNDING FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND THUS MAKE THEM EVEN BETTER STEWARDS OF THEIR TERRITORIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE EFFORTS TO HALT DEFORESTATION AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS.

SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL CROPS PROJECT.

ON OCTOBER 19 2015 GOVERNOR ABRAHAM ATARURI DECLARED WEST PAPUA TO BE INDONESIA S FIRST CONSERVATION PROVINCE. THIS VISION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WENT BEYOND POLICY TOWARDS PROVINCIAL LAW THAT ELEVATES BOTH ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS FOUNDATIONS OF FUTURE GROWTH. IN SUPPORT OF THE WEST PAPUA GOVERNMENT S CONSERVATION PROVINCE INITIATIVE CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (CI) IS SUBMITTING THIS PROPOSAL TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO ENABLE BETTER PLANNING PRIORITIZATION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GREEN INVESTMENTS AND PROVIDE FOUNDATIONAL SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING AND NEW REGULATIONS WHILE MONITORING PROGRESS FOR THE CONSERVATION PROVINCE VISION. THE DELIVERABLES IDENTIFIED IN THIS PROPOSAL IF APPROVED WILL EFFECTIVELY DEMONSTRATE EARTH OBSERVATIONS (EO) FOR ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTING EO4EA (GEO WORK PROGRAMME ELEMENT 3.8) THROUGH 1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOSYSTEM EXTENT ACCOUNT FOR THE PROVINCE OF WEST PAPUA IN INDONESIA AND 2) OUTLINE A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR CREATING OF AN ECOSYSTEM CONDITION ACCOUNT. THE ECOSYSTEM EXTENT ACCOUNT AND PRELIMINARY ECOSYSTEM CONDITION ACCOUNTS WILL BE A PRECURSOR AND REQUISITE TO DEVELOP ECOSYSTEM SERVICE FLOW ACCOUNTS AND WHICH CAN THEN BE USED TO CALCULATE THE CONTRIBUTION OF ECOSYSTEMS TO THE WEST PAPUA ECONOMY AND HELP DEMONSTRATE THE USE OF ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTING IN INDONESIA MORE BROADLY. ECOSYSTEM EXTENT WILL BE DELINEATED USING A COMBINATION OF INPUTS BASED ON ECOREGIONS LANDFORMS AND VEGETATION COVER. ECOREGION ARE MACRO-ECOSYSTEM DELINEATIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATIC DATA SOURCES. ECOREGIONS REPRESENT AREAS WITH HOMOGENEOUS CHARACTERISTICS AND ARE OF IMPORTANCE TO BOTH BROADER PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. INFORMATION ON LANDFORMS REPRESENT THE EFFECTS THAT GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY HAVE ON LANDSCAPE PROCESSES AND THE SUBSEQUENT ECOSYSTEMS THAT EXIST WITHIN THESE GEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS. VEGETATION COVER AND LAND-USE DERIVED FROM EO DATA ARE REPRESENTED IN THE NATIONALLY PRODUCED INDONESIA LANDCOVER PRODUCT WHICH IS CONSISTENTLY UPDATED AND WILL BE ADAPTED TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES IN THE ACTUAL EXTENT OF ECOSYSTEMS OVER TIME. TO ADVANCE THE METHODS FOR DEVELOPING AN ECOSYSTEM CONDITION ACCOUNT IN WEST PAPUA A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WILL BE CREATED AND KEY CONDITION INDICATORS WILL BE IDENTIFIED. THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND EXPERT OPINION TO ENSURE THAT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS WITHIN WEST PAPUA. THE KEY INDICATORS WILL BE ASSESSED BASED ON THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND WILL HEAVILY DEPEND ON EO DATA. THE ECOSYSTEM EXTENT ACCOUNTS AND PRELIMINARY CONDITION PRODUCTS WILL BE SHARED WITH BOTH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS. REGULAR CONSULTATION AS WELL AS UPDATES WILL ENABLE FURTHER VALIDATION OF PUBLISHED WORK AND HELP TO ENSURE THE UPTAKE OF DATA AND PRODUCTS BEYOND THE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM. PUBLICATION OF REPORTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN WILL HELP ENSURE THE DATA IS SHARED AND PRESERVED MORE WIDELY.

SUPPORTING BOTSWANA'S ANTI-POACHING WORK AND WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

BELMONT FORUM-G8 INITIATIVE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MAINTAINING PRODUCTIVITY AND INCOMES IN THE TONLE SAP FISHERY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

SUSTAINABLE BIOFUEL CROPS PROJECT.

MODIFICATION 11: BRANDING STRATEGY AND MARKING PLAN

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE A KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUP FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS. THERE IS A NEED TO ENHANCE THE MONITORING CAPABILITIES OF INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN READILY ACCESS TECHNICAL TOOLS AND INFORMATION TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR TERRITORIES ENSURE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVELIHOODS AND PROTECT THEIR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RIGHTS. WE PROPOSE TO STRENGTHEN THE TECHNICAL CAPACITIES OF INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AMERICAS TO HARNESS THE POWER OF EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) DATA FOR ENHANCED SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT ACROSS INDIGENOUS LANDS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE ONGOING GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS (GEO) WORK PROGRAMME AMERIGEOSS INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE REGIONAL CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE DECISIONS AND DATA INFRASTRUCTURE UTILIZING EO DATA BY PROMOTING TOOLS AND DATA PLATFORMS DEVELOPED BY COLLABORATORS INVOLVED IN THE AMERIGEOSS INITIATIVE TO NEW AUDIENCES (INDIGENOUS GROUPS) AND NETWORKS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THREE MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND WILL LEVERAGE CURRENT CI INITIATIVES IN THE FOCAL GEO COUNTRIES BY FOCUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES WITH INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN ECUADOR PERU AND COSTA RICA. FIRST WE WILL DEVELOP METHODS FOR AN INNOVATIVE PARTICIPATORY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND HOW A SELECTION OF INDIGENOUS GROUPS CURRENTLY APPROACH SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS RELATED TO THE FOUR AMERIGEOSS FOCAL SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS (I.E. FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE DISASTER RESILIENCE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY) AND HOW THE USE OF EO DATA AND TOOLS COULD IMPROVE DECISION-MAKING. SECOND IN COLLABORATION WITH NASA S APPLIED REMOTE SENSING TRAINING (ARSET) PROGRAM WE WILL DESIGN TARGETED TRAINING MATERIALS AND CONDUCT WEBINARS AND ON-SITE TRAININGS TO IMPROVE LAND MANAGEMENT UTILIZING EO DATA PRODUCTS AND TOOLS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION AND GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES THESE TRAININGS WILL ALIGN WITH GLOBAL INITIATIVES ENGAGING INDIGENOUS GROUPS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT (E.G. THE WORLD BANK S DEDICATED GRANT MECHANISM FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES THE INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FORUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IIPFCC) AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ACTIVITIES UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE). THE ANTICIPATED RESULTS FROM THIS WORK ARE: 1) A NOVEL FRAMEWORK FOR ENGAGING VITALLY IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS -- INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS -- TO UTILIZE EO DATA TO INFORM DECISIONS AND ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; 2) ENHANCED CAPACITY OF INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATIVES FROM AT LEAST THREE AMERIGEOSS COUNTRIES TO ASSESS AND USE EO DATA IN DECISION-MAKING; AND 3) INCREASED KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE OF EO APPLICATIONS WITHIN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE AMERICAS AND GLOBALLY. THE PROJECT WILL ENABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) AND THE SOCIETAL BENEFIT OBJECTIVES OF NASA S EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION APPLIED SCIENCES PROGRAM AND GEO. ULTIMATELY WE HOPE TO EXPAND THE UNDERSTANDING AND ACCESS OF EO DATA AND TOOLS BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO HELP INFORM DECISIONS AND ENABLE ACTIONS TO PROTECT AND SUSTAINABLY MANAGE INDIGENOUS LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

TO DEVELOP THE 4TH MEKONG RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (MRS)

OUR PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL PIONEER THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE-SPACE MODELS THAT CONNECTS SATELLITE TIME SERIES DATA ACROSS DIFFERENT SENSORS TO A NETWORK OF FOREST INVENTORY PLOTS TO QUANTIFY FOREST CARBON DYNAMICS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE.

ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATION TO WHICH INCLUDE CORRECTING TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, ADDING MISSING DATA AND REVISING LANGUAGE WITHIN THE SCHEDULE OF THE CO

BELMONT FORUM COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MANAGING OCEAN FRONT ECOSYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

EXPANDING LOCALLY MANAGED MARINE AREA NETWORKS FOR CORAL REEF CONSERVATION AND RESILIENCE IN INDONESIA

THIS PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO DEVELOP VALUEADDED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS TO OPTIMIZE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO SEAFOOD PRODUCERS, REDUCE SEAFOOD WASTE, AND INCREASE MARKET DEMAND FOR LOCAL SEAFOOD PRODUCTS IN HAWAII. AN ESTIMATED 40% OF SEAFOOD IN THE UNITED STATES IS WASTED AND IN HAWAII, WHERE FOOD SECURITY IS A PRESSING CONCERN, SEAFOOD ACCOUNTS FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD IN THE STATE. THIS PROJECT WILL ENGAGE AN ESTABLISHED, MULTI-SECTOR NETWORK OF FISHERS, SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTORS, CHEFS, EDUCATORS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL BOTH INFORM AND BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT. CI WILL ENGAGE A LOCAL NETWORK OF INFLUENTIAL CHEFS AND ENTREPRENEURS WHO WILL DEVELOP A SUITE OF VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS AND RECIPES UTILIZING SEAFOOD BYPRODUCTS. ONCE DEVELOPED, CI WILL HOST 3 EVENTS DURING ITS STATEWIDE DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER SEAFOOD MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL VALUE-ADDED SEAFOOD PRODUCT

ADVANCING THE PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKETING FOR HAWAII???S LOCAL SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

EXPANDING COMMUNITY MARINE MANAGED AREA NETWORKS AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO SUPPORT CORAL REEF CONSERVATION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (CI) HAWAII PROPOSES TWO DISTINCT PROJECTS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE NEEDS AND AUGMENT THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII'S DIVISION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES (DAR) IN ITS WORK TO PROTECT HAWAII'S CORAL REEFS. THE FIRST PROJECT WILL PROVIDE ADDED CAPACITY FOR DAR TO CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF ITS PERMITTING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESSES AND DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS AND TRAINING TO ENABLE DAR TO IMPROVE ITS REVIEW PROCESSES IN THE FUTURE. THE PROJECT WILL ENABLE DAR TO BETTER ALLOCATE LIMITED HUMAN AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF HAWAII'S CORAL REEFS. THE SECOND PROJECT WILL BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES THAT DAR SECURED IN 2021 BY HELPING DAR EXPLORE ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABLE FINANCE APPROACHES TO FUND THE NECESSARY STEWARDSHIP OF HAWAII'S MARINE RESOURCES. IN EARLY 2021, DAR CHAMPIONED STATE-LEVEL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY ESTABLISH AN OCEAN STEWARDSHIP SPECIAL FUND AND AN OCEAN STEWARDSHIP USER FEE. OCEAN TOURISM BUSINESSES, COMMUNITI

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AT ALL LEVELS TO FULFILL THE GOVERNANCE GOALS ESTABLISHED IN THE RESPONSIBLE FISHING AREA (RFA) 2021 GOVERNANCE STRATEGY, INCORPORATING AND LEVERAGING ELEMENTS SUCH AS CAPACITY BUILDING, DIGITAL MONITORING, COMMUNICAT

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ESTABLISH AN INNOVATIVE GOVERNANCE MECHANISM FOR SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES IN THE GULF OF NICOYA TO STRENGTHEN COORDINATION WITH GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.

SAVING WATER FOR FOOD: A GRAND CHALLENGE FOR DEV

HOOKAHUA BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR A STATEWIDE FISHERIES LICENSING SYSTEM IN HAWAII

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION WILL DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A RANGE OF VALUEADDED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS AIMING TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE A WEBSITE TO SHOWCASE THESE PRODUCTS COLLABORATE WITH A LOCAL UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT SEAFOOD PRODUCERS AND PARTNER WITH ESTABLISHED NETWORKS OF CHEFS AND FOOD PRODUCERS TO DEVELOP AT LEAST FIFTEEN NEW VALUEADDED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON UTILIZING BYPRODUCTS. THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES INCLUDE INCREASED REVENUE STREAMS FOR SEAFOOD PROCESSORS AND PRODUCERS A REDUCTION IN SEAFOOD WASTE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW LOCAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAKEHOLDERS. THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE FARMERS PROCESSORS AND FOOD PRODUCERS AS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR MARKET REACH AND PRODUCT OFFERINGS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO BENEFIT CONSUMERS WHO WILL GAIN ACCESS TO A WIDER SELECTION OF LOCALLY PRODUCED SEAFOOD PRODUCTS.

A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO REDUCE FISHING IMPACTS AND EFFECTIVELY CONSERVE CORAL REEFS IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

PURPOSE OF MODIFICATION IS TO PROVIDE INCREMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 AND IMPLEMENT A MARKING/BRANDING PLAN.

ASSESSING THE VALUE AND SUPPLY CHAIN FOR COASTAL FISHERIES IN THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (CI) WILL BUILD DIRECTLY ON A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CONSERVATION INITIATIVE IN MOROTAI (EASTERN INDONESIA'S MALUKU ISLANDS) TO STRENGTHEN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND BRING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION OF 10 LOCALLY MANAGED MARINE AREAS COVERING 50,000 HECTARES OF CORAL REEF HABITAT. CI WILL REINFORCE AND EXPAND CORAL REEF CONSERVATION IN THIS AREA THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF AN OVERLAPPING BUT MUCH LARGER 100,000-HECTARE MARINE PROTECTED AREA. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENFORCEMENT TRAINING THAT INCLUDES USE OF VESSELS AND BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS THAT WILL NOT IMPACT THE ECOSYSTEMS. CI WILL USE A COMBINATION OF LINE/POINT INTERCEPT TRANSECTS AND A LESS INTENSIVE REEF CHECK METHOD. FOR SOCIOECONOMIC, THEY WILL USE A COMBINATION OF FOCUS GROUP AND KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS, TYPICALLY USING THE SOCMON OR SEMPAIFIKA METHODS DESCRIBED HERE: HTTPS://WWW.ICRIFORUM.ORG/SOCMON/

A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING STRATEGIES TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS IN HAWAII

EXPANDING COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION OF MARINE TURTLES IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

AN OCEAN HEALTH INDEX FOR HAWAII

THE INTERNATIONAL BLUE CARBON SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP HAS IDENTIFIED ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND CATALYZED INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EFFORTS TO INCREA

OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE INTERNATIONAL BLUE CARBON SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP HAS SUPPORTED AND CATALYZED INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EFFORTS TO INCRE

INTERNATIONAL BLUE CARBON SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP (IBCSWG) WORKSHOPS

FUNDING WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THE IBCSWG ADVANCE BLUE CARBON SCIENCE PARTICULARLY AS NEEDED TO FACILITATE CLIMATE-RELEVANT POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TO EXPAND BLUE CARBON RESEARCH COLLABORATION AND TO ENSURE THE INTEGRATION OF BLUE CARBON INTO INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS. NASA FUNDING WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING IBCSWG PRIORITIES: 1. COORDINATING AND NETWORKING SCIENTISTS AND COASTAL MANAGERS GLOBALLY TO FACILITATE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ACCELERATE EXCHANGE OF DATA AND BLUE CARBON-RELATED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES BETWEEN REGIONS AND SUPPORT CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE GROWING PORTFOLIO OF BLUE CARBON PROJECTS 2. DETERMINING THE VIABILITY AND PROCESS FOR INTEGRATING COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS OTHER THAN MANGROVE SEAGRASSES AND TIDAL MARSHES INTO CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY APPROACHES AND CLARIFYING AND ACCELERATING THE SCIENCE NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THIS PROCESS (FOR EXAMPLE CONSERVATION OF MACROALGAE FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION) 3. CLARIFYING AND MODELING THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF A CHANGING CLIMATE (E.G. SEA LEVEL RISE OCEAN TEMPERATURE CHANGES) AND ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON CARBON ACCUMULATION IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP BEST MANAGEMENT ACTIONS TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE NATURAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE AND 4. IMPROVING GLOBAL COVER AND TIME SERIES MAPS OF BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES IN INTEGRATING BLUE CARBON INTO GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING AND MONITORING. THE MAIN CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL INCLUDE DIVERTING ALL NASA SUPPORT TO THE 2020 IBCSWG MEETING TO BE HELD IN MEXICO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MEXICO S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (INECC) AND OTHER REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS. THIS MEETING WILL BE VITAL FOR COORDINATING AND SUPPORTING WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE ABOVE PRIORITIES IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN REGION. THE WORKSHOPS WILL BE DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT OF BLUE CARBON AS NEEDED TO DIRECT AND ADVISE CLIMATE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT. THE WORKSHOPS WILL ALSO BE LOCATED AND COORDINATED WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS SO TO ADDRESS BLUE CARBON SCIENCE GAPS AND PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE IBCSWG AND RECENT SIGNIFICANT REPORTS AND ANALYSES INCLUDING SOCCR2 AND CCARS. MEXICO WAS SELECTED FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING COASTAL CARBON SCIENCE AND RELATED CONSERVATION CAPACITY IN THE REGION AND AS A RESULT OF THE INTEREST SHOWN BY THE LOCAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO HOST THE IBCSWG.

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES STRATEGY FOR MEXICO

EXPLORING A BRANDING PROGRAM FOR HAWAII WILD-CAUGHT PELAGIC SEAFOOD - A CO-DISCOVERY ENGAGEMENT OF THE HAWAII SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

CWT FY 17

SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION ON AMAPA NATIONAL RAIN FOREST

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (CI) HAS DEVELOPED THE TRENDS.EARTH (HTTP://TRENDS.EARTH) TOOL TO SUPPORT COUNTRIES IN MEETING THEIR COMMITMENTS TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD) AND TO FACILITATE CALCULATION OF THE INDICATOR FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) 15.3. TRENDS.EARTH IS AN INNOVATIVE TOOL THAT LEVERAGES GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE TO ALLOW USERS EVEN THOSE WITH LIMITED REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) EXPERTISE TO PROCESS AND USE EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) DATA SUCH AS LANDSAT AND MODIS IMAGERY TO CALCULATE SDG INDICATORS. TO FURTHER ENABLE THE USAGE OF EO DATA IN SUPPORT OF THE SDGS CI WILL WORK WITH NASA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN APPROACH FOR CALCULATION OF SDG INDICATOR 11.3.1 THE RATIO OF LAND CONSUMPTION RATE TO POPULATION GROWTH RATE . CI WILL WORK WITH 10 PILOT COUNTRIES (ECUADOR BRAZIL MOROCCO UGANDA TANZANIA KENYA SOUTH AFRICA MADAGASCAR CAMBODIA AND INDONESIA SEE FIGURE 1) IN WHICH NASA AND CI HAVE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS TO PILOT THE METHOD. CI WILL THEN IMPLEMENT IT IN THE TRENDS.EARTH TOOL TO ALLOW CALCULATION OF INDICATOR 11.3.1 GLOBALLY FROM 30 M LANDSAT IMAGERY AND POPULATION DATA DEVELOPED BY THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION NETWORK (CIESIN).

A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO REDUCE FISHING IMPACTS AND EFFECTIVELY CONSERVE CORAL REEFS IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

THE NATURAL COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OF SEAGRASSES, TIDAL MARSHES, AND MANGROVES SEQUESTER AND STORE LARGE QUANTITIES OF "BLUE" CARBON IN BOTH THE BIOMASS

HAWAII FISH TRUST LAWAI'A 'OHANA CAMP PROGRAM DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PONO FISHERS IN HAWAII

CI FIJI - REFORESTATION WITH RURAL SMALL HOLDER FARMERS PROJECT

THE RECIPIENT WILL CONTINUE LONG TERM RESEARCH ON THE NAMASCUS GABRIELLAE POPULATION AT THE SITE

APPLIED RESEARCH ON ELEPHANT RANGE CORRIDORS

A SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND DECISION FRAMEWORK FOR THE STANDARDIZATION OF CITIZEN SCIENCE ECOLOGICAL MONITORING METHODS FOR COMMUNITY BASED FISHING AREAS (CBFA)

TO COVER THE EXPENSES OF CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION'S PROGRAM

DECISION SUPPORT TOOL

ENHANCE BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION OF LAND AND MARINE RESOURCES

THE MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION FUND IS SOLICITING PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS, CARETTA CARETTA, DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA, ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA, LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA, LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII) THROUGHOUT THEIR RANGE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ENACTED THE MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION ACT (MTCA) OF 2004 IN RESPONSE TO THE DECLINE OF MANY MARINE TURTLE POPULATIONS WORLDWIDE AND THE SERIOUS THREATS TO THEIR LONG-TERM SURVIVAL. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ACT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE NESTING POPULATIONS AND HABITAT AND ADDRESS OTHER THREATS TO THE SURVIVAL OF MARINE TURTLES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE THREATS TO MARINE TURTLES IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT. PROPOSALS SHOULD IDENTIFY SPECIFIC CONSERVATION ACTIONS THAT HAVE A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF CREATING LASTING BENEFITS. PROJECT ACTIVITIES THAT EMPHASIZE DATA COLLECTION AND STATUS ASSESSMENT SHOULD DESCRIBE A DIRECT LINK TO MANAGEMENT ACTION, AND EXPLAIN HOW LACK OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN A KEY LIMITING FACTOR FOR MANAGEMENT ACTION IN THE PAST. PROPOSALS THAT DO NOT IDENTIFY HOW ACTIONS WILL REDUCE THREATS OR THAT DO NOT DEMONSTRATE A STRONG LINK BETWEEN DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACTION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. PROPOSED PROJECT WORK SHOULD OCCUR WITHIN THE SPECIES RANGE, OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. IF WORK IS TO BE CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE SPECIES RANGE, THE PROPOSAL SHOULD SHOW A CLEAR RELEVANCE TO ITS CONSERVATION.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO REGIONAL PANEL ON AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES

HUB SMALL GRANT 2010: KAMPONG PRAK FRESHWATER SANTUARY PROJECT: TO EMPOWER LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TRAIN LOCAL FISHERIES ADMINISTRATION STAFF TO MANAGE

DEVELOPING POLICY AND REGULATORY GUIDANCE FOR LOKO IA PRACTITIONERS

INCREASE AWARENESS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES ON THE IMPACT OF MARINE LITTER AND PLASTIC POLLUTION ON THE MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NATIONAL SANCTUARY LOS MANGLARES DE TUMBES, THROUGH A CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN.

STRENGTHEN THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR'S ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

REVISION OF PRGRAM DESCRIPTION TO ASSISTANCE AWARD FOR SUPPORT TO CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP FOR SAPO NATIONAL PARK.

CLOSEOUT OF THE AGREEMENT.

LONG-TERM CONSERVATION OF A PRIORITY GIBBON POPULATION IN RATANAKIRI PROVINCE, CAMBODIA

COMMUNITY-BASED NEST PROTECTION FOR CANTOR'S SOFTSHELL TURTLE IN THE MEKONG RIVER, CAMBODIA

PUBLICATION OF BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR GREAT APE CONSERVATION BY THE IUCN/SSC PRIMATE SPECIALIST GROUP II

A CONSERVATION SURVEY OF GREAT APES AND ELEPHANTS IN RIO MUNI, EQUATORIAL GUINEA

MOD. NO. 1 FOR BUDGET REALIGNMENT AND CHANGE IN KEY PERSONNEL.