Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
Name/Title
Assessment and Rapid Reef Response Plan
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Description
This plan is designed to monitor for multiple threats to coral reefs, including, but not limited to: bleaching events, Crown of Thorns outbreaks, disease outbreaks and hurricanes. This plan will be put into effect to determine if key sites have experience coral loss, what the cause of the coral loss is, quantify the amount of loss at sites, document the progression of the loss episode, and monitor survival rate at those sites. A workshop was held in June 2012 to train local natural resource managers about coral bleaching signs and impacts on coral reefs.
Objectives/Outcomes
Increased knowledge of coral bleaching and other threats. Improved community and coral ecosystem resilience, and ability to detect impacts and assess response.
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
Contacts(names, emails)
Doug Fenner, douglasfennertassi@gmail.com
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
Coral Reef Advisory Group, American Samoa Community College, Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Required Resources
Funding required for education and outreach to public.
Projected Timelines
Assessment and Rapid Reef Response Plan completed in June 2012. Workshop and training held in June 2012. Implementation of Plan expected soon.
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Feedback and evaluation provided by various government agencies, continued feedback expected from public.
Url
Worksheet
PnA_ARRRP.doc
Keywords
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Impacts Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services Climate Adaptation Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach Best Practices/Guidance Community Planning and Development Ecosystems Ongoing Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems South Pacific American Samoa