University of Hawaiʻi was designated as a new Pacific Reef Research Coordination Institute by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support coral reef conservation in the Pacific Ocean through research, collaboration and public education.
The institute will be housed in the university’s Office of Land and Ocean Conservation Futures, under the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, and will perform the following critical functions:
- Conduct federally directed research to fill national and regional gaps.
- Collaborate with relevant states and territories, indigenous groups, coral reef managers, non-governmental organizations and other coral reef research centers.
- Assist in the implementation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy and coral reef action plans.
- Build non-federal capacity for management and restoration practices.
Conduct public education and awareness programs.
Original Article: University of Hawaiʻi to lead new Pacific reef research institute
