Resource Management

Natural resource management issues cannot be separated from human elements such as traditional practices, culture, and economics. The NOAA Pacific Services Center (PSC), therefore, promotes coastal resource management efforts that incorporate both human and environmental factors.

Natural resources cross man-made property lines, land-air-water boundaries, and the lines between coastal, nearshore, and ocean environments. PSC encourages resource management that recognizes ecosystem-scale interactions and coordinates the efforts of different agencies to effectively conserve, use, and restore Pacific coastal and ocean natural resources.

Objectives

• Support the gathering, documentation, sharing, and utilization of traditional and local knowledge in Pacific coastal and ocean resource management.
• Support local understanding of economic value of coastal resources.
• Support involvement of local communities in natural resource management.
• Support ecosystem management approaches.
• Facilitate the identification and effective communication of high-priority ocean and coastal resource management needs and accomplishments.
• Facilitate the identification and effective communication of high-priority policy and governance concerns and issues.
• Support regional coordination within the marine managed areas research and management community.

Current Resource Management Projects

The following projects, linked to their project plans, are currently under way or planned for implementation in 2006—2007. Final implementation of the project plans is dependent upon availability of funding. Because of their crosscutting nature, some projects are listed under more than one focus area.

• NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellowship Program
• Pacific Islands Assistantship Program
• Pacific Islands Geospatial Network
• Pacific Islands Mapping Activities Database
• Pacific Islands Spatial Training
• Pacific Islands Training Coordination

Accomplishments to Date

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• 16th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Meeting
• American Samoa Economic Valuation Study of Coral Reefs and Nearshore Coastal Resources
• Cultural and Traditional Practices Panel at the Coastal Zone 03 Conference
• Economic Valuation of Hazards Workshop
• Economics of Marine Protected Areas
• Geospatial Training
• Guam and American Samoa National Marine Managed Area Inventory
• Hawai`i Ocean Resource Management Plan
• Hawai`i Spatial Data Implementation Plan
• Information Sharing at the All Islands Meeting
• Local Economic Valuation Studies of Coral Reef and Coastal Resources
• National Park Service Coral Reef Mapping Presentation
• Pacific Islands Assistantship
• Pacific Islands Training Coordination
• Pacific Spatial Activities Database
• Training and Outreach in Geodetic Control
• Wai`anae Ecological Characterization