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• OVERVIEW
• CENTER’S PROGRAMS
CENTER’S MISSION
• SELF-SUSTAINABLE
• CENTER OF EXCELLENCE:
OUTCOME: MARINE CONSERVATION
* Marine Research
* Education
* Training
National Long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Program
Ngerumekaol - Before 1998 Bleaching
Ngerumekaol - After 1998 Bleaching
WATERS AND WATERSHED PROJECT
Airai Bay
Ebiil
Ngerumekaol
Ngemelis
MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
EFFECTIVENESS STUDY
Total of 16 MPA sites in Palau
CORAL SPAWNING
Egg & sperm bundle release
Crown-of-Thorns Reproduction Study
Palau Fisheries Assessment
Ollei Port, Ngarchelong
Educational Programs
• School outreach
• Internship
• Instructions & guest lectures
• Workshops
• School support aquarium tours
• Summer marine science
• Summer arts & crafts
INTERNATIONAL ROLES:
•FOCAL POINT, U.S. CORAL REEF TASK FORCE
• GLOBAL CORAL REEF MONITORING NETWORK NODE
• MARINE RESOURCES PACIFIC CONSORTIUM
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