
Protects, maintains, and manages the natural and cultural resources of the Virgin Islands through proper coordination of economic and structural development in collaboration with other local, federal and non-government organizations, for the benefit of present and future generations so they will live safer, fuller lives in harmony with their environment and cultural heritage.
Primary responsibilities include coordinating and participating in a number of programs for long-term research and monitoring. These include the National Park Service/Biological Resources Division Inventory and Monitoring Program, Reef Fisheries Program, Reef Assessment Program, and other major research in sediment runoff, forest dynamics, and marine water quality.
Works to keep overdevelopment from consuming farms, forests, and coastal and rural areas.
Marine Conservation Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving our living oceans. We work with scientists, politicians, government officials and other organizations around the world to protect essential ocean places and the wild species in them.
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