Improving community-based MPA management by designing floating rafts as portable surveillance stations to help minimize poaching activities and for utilization of sustainable income generating projects as a model for Pohnpei MPA Network, Micronesia

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Description

This project is supporting an existing Marine Protected Area which is established under a model "Locally Managed Marine Area" (LMMA) where community takes the lead in monitoring and maintaining the Protected Area. Activities include the piloting of method of monitoring by live-aboard rafts and also to establish sponge or coral farms as means of income generation for the community. trainings and planning activiteis are anticipated activties under the project.

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See also

1. Restoration of Traditional Assets and Removal of Invasive Plants and Trash to Protect Wetlands and Water Sources in Ngeraus Village, Palau, Micronesia
2. RMI: Sustainable Reef Awareness Campaign, Micronesia
3. Pacific Islands Oceanic Fisheries Management Project
4. Namdrik Atoll Pearl Farm and Lagoon Management Plan for Community Revitalization, Micronesia
5. Alternative Income Generation for MPA Communities in Pohnpei, FSM through Small-scale Mariculture ventures, Micronesia

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