

Dear listers:



For several years we have been monitoring a small coral reef area in the Colombian Caribbean, through our participation in CARICOMP.  Now we have a funded project (with the support of several Colombian institutions) for two years to disign and start the SIMAC (Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Arrecifes Coralinos en Colombia), which will be the national monitoring system for the coral reefs of Colombia (South America).



During the second week of September of this year we will make a national Workshop in Santa Marta (a city in the Caribbean coast of Colombia) to discuss on the possible structure of the SIMAC and on strategies to develop and maintain it on the long term.



Therefore, we would like to know about other reef monitoring programs in the world, so please let us know how to obtain information about your experience, program structure, support, results or any recomendation that can be useful for our next workshop.



Please contact us.



Jaime Garzon-Ferreira

E-mail: jgarzon@invemar.org.co



Maria Fernanda Gil

Alberto Rodriguez

Diego Luis Gil-Agudelo

E-mail: caricomp@invemar.org.co



INVEMAR (Institute for Marine and Coastal Research)

P.O. Box 1016

Santa Marta, Colombia

South America

Tel: ++57 (5) 4214774/4211377

Fax: ++57 (5) 4211377



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