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Some
Key Partnerships |
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several international partnerships to support certification.
Among the key partnerships are the following: |
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Conservation
and Community Investment Forum (CCIF) collaborates with
MAC in Southeast Asia. It designs and finances conservation
solutions leading to direct and sustainable conservation outcomes. |
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Reef
Check, a member of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network,
has developed international scientific methods for assessing
and monitoring the health of coral reefs and aquarium fish
and coral stocks in marine ornamental collection areas. |
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Terangi the Indonesia
Coral Reef Foundation, is working with collectors and their
communities in demonstration sites to prepare them to be certified
according to the MAC Standards. |
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The United Nations Environment
Program’s World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP
WCMC) has developed an international database to provide
credible information on the marine ornamental trade. Major
wholesalers from around the world have provided their data,
summarized in the UNEP WCMC report “From Ocean to Aquarium:
the Global Trade in Marine Ornamental Species”, 2003.
This report is available at the following address:
http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/UNEP_WCMC_bio_series/index.htm#17 |
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