PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To determine the long-term consequences of human
activities which affect the coastal and marine environment; to assess
the consequences of these activities in terms of ecological, economic,
and social impacts upon human, physical and biotic environments, and to
define and evaluate management alternatives which minimize adverse
consequences of human use of the coastal and marine environments and
resources. Executive Order 13158 directs Federal agencies to work
collaboratively with public and private interests to develop a science-
based framework for the national system of marine protected areas
(MPAs). To insure compliance with this order, NCCOS is intending to
conduct an integrated assessment (IA) examining the impacts of various
marine resources uses on sustainable fisheries, biodiversity, and
submerged cultural artifacts and looking at how a network of MPAs can be
used to manage those impacts. The assessment is intended to provide
scientific information that can be used to evaluate the existing
system, evaluate options for future potential action, and identify gaps
in our understanding of this issue. The IA will give stakeholders in
the area a process for evaluating alternative methods of implementing
E.O. 13158 and a product that 1) identifies objectives and priorities
for marine protection and habitat enhancement, 2) outlines agreed-upon
actions and implementation plans to achieve marine protection and
habitat enhancement benefits, 3) serves as a tool for subsequent IAs,
and 4) maintains or improves ecosystem health and the health of high
priority, at-risk species. This assessment will be conducted in
collaboration with NOAA's MPA Center, National Marine Sanctuaries
(NMS), Non-Governmental Offices (NGO) and academic partners. Integrated
assessments serve as a formal bridge between science and management to
integrate the best existing scientific information for use by coastal
managers. Integrated assessments 1) document status and trends of
ecosystem and cultural resource conditions, 2) relate those trends to
their environmental and economic causes and consequences,
3) predict outcomes of alternative management actions, and 4) review
means to implement those alternatives. A successful IA is responsive to
policy-relevant questions, based on peer review and public
participation, broadly integrated and synthetic, based on high-quality
existing information, and predictive.
ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;
- Solid Waste Management;
2. NATURAL RESOURCES;
- Water Conservation and Research;
3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Research - General;
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Other public institution/organization;
- Individual/Family;
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other public institution/organization;
- Profit organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
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