The National Coral Reef Institute

Partnerships NCRI develops and maintains partnerships with a wide variety of organizations and researchers to fill gaps in scientific knowledge of coral reefs. NCRI leverages funding for projects by working with local, regional, national, and international organizations on common concerns. Some of NCRI’s valued partners and projects include ■ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ■ Florida Department of Environmental Protection Coral Reef Conservation Program’s Water Quality and Mapping projects in southeast Florida ■ Broward County’s Reef Monitoring Program ■ State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Endangered Coral Monitoring Program ■ Veracruz (Mexico) National Park Reef Monitoring and Assessment Program ■ The Nature Conservancy Acropora cervicornis Coral Nursery and Florida Reef Resilience Programs ■ Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition ■ Environment Agency Abu Dhabi Monitoring Program of UAE Coral Reefs ■ and many more Partnerships 17 The National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI) is funded through a Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to Nova Southeastern University (NSU). The NCRI funding is administered by the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research, and is a core component of NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program. This publication is a result of funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Science, under award #NA10NOS426022 to NSU for the National Coral Reef Institute.