• 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