Results

CCC assists coral reef conservation by conducting baseline surveys of these natural resources in countries with limited financial and technical resources to do the job themselves. This information can then be compiled and analysed in order to formulate recommendations for sustainable management and conservation. Sustainable management plans can only be developed by local stakeholders through well-informed decisions requiring a basic knowledge of the existing resources within the area - CCC provides this information

 

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Data Analysis

Data analysis is undertaken by full time CCC science staff. Once manually checked for inconsistencies, the data is entered into an ecological analysis software package known as PRIMER. This compares each survey site to every other site in turn, determining how similar they are and where the concentrations of corals, fish, and invertebrates are located i.e. habitat mapping.

What happens to the data?

CCC uses habitat maps to identify areas where the conservation effort of the local communities can best be used, as well to highlight key 'danger zones' requiring vigilance.

Collected information is compiled into user-friendly reports that allow resource users and managers, such as fisherfolk and local government officers, to make decisions regarding resource use. Reports are made available to institutions wishing to incorporate the information in their own research.

To assist project partners in independent capacity building, we use habitat maps to 'ground-truth' commercially available satellite imagery and/or specially commissioned aerial photography. This allows remote assessments of other reefs within the region to be performed without the necessity of conducting extensive, costly surveying programmes.

Please refer to the following report on habitat mapping in Honduras: Honduras 2001 Mapping

Your Data

Every volunteer contributes valuable data to a wider conservation effort. Your surverys contributes to the development of environmental databases, resource maps and other outputs. Unfortunately it is not possible to compile reports regarding the data collected by individuals but all data is summarised in regular reports.

All CCC's reports are currently available for download can be found at: Downloadable Reports and Publications

The website is regularly updated and changed. As such it may not feature all outputs produced at a particular expedition location. However, the CCC head office holds an extensive library of past reports, outputs, and other literature relating to the work of CCC, that we welcome you to consult.

 

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