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Coral Reef Initiatives for the Pacific
IRCP, CRISP
Pacific Ocean
Region Active
Pacific
Intergovernmental
2002
Activity
Description
Coral reef monitoring, Coral reef protection, Coral reef research
Coral Reef Initiative for the South Pacific (CRISP) is a French inter-ministerial project founded in 2002. Its aims focus on developing a vision for the future for coral reef eco-systems and the communities that depend on them within the French overseas territories and Pacific Island developing countries. The project aims to develop a vision for the future of these unique eco-systems and the communities that depend on them and to introduce strategies and projects to conserve their biodiversity, while developing the economic and environmental services that they provide both locally and globally. CRISP comprises some 50 projects in 17 Pacific Island countries.