Web-Enabled Information for Sanctuary Management

Easy access to information for tracking ecosystem conditions, human connections and management impacts is critical to timely, effective and community-based resource management. Through a collaboration that leverages expertise across NOAA’s IOOS Program (including the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network), Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) Program, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), MBON is developing web-based, interactive tools to track and better understand the changing nature of sanctuary ecosystems. These user-friendly tools bring ecosystem tracking and assessment information to the fingertips of resource managers, scientists, educators, and the public.

Partners

This tool is the product of on-going collaboration across NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Program, the Integrated Ocean Observing System — including the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network — and the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

More Information

To learn more, visit the Sanctuary Watch about page.