The agreement signed by AFD and UNF in July 2006 made it possible to put in place tools and processes to start the creation of a database ReefBase throughout the second semester.

The agregation of the database was conducted by people contributing to the configuration and collection of information in few countries and the creation of key institutional partnerships. The support of the GCRMN network has been delayed while the contribution of WFC enabled a slight progress of adaptation to the SocMon methodology in the Pacific.

Project 2D-1: Creation of nodes to establish a Reefbase Pacific data base

he CRIOBE and USP signed the contracts of partnerships towards the end of 2006. Two persons have been recruited by the USP and CRIOBE respectively. A student from WFC came to assist Noumea to begin capitalising information which will feed the ReefBase database.

Project 2D-2: Configuration of Reefbase Pacific data base

A standard database configured from MSAccess software has been given to the partners of New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Fiji. In order to upgrade the products from the Millenium project which will be integrated to the database, numerous exchanges occurred between potential partners (PIMRIS, SPC, WWF, TNC, WCS) and more particularly with the IRD. A student doing an internship with Serge Andrefouet is in PNG and get funds from Canada.

Project 2D-3: Supporting the monitoring network of GCRMN

Unfortunately, the completion of the software Coremo (which is out of CRISP reach) will be slightly late.

This software is created in La Reunion will enable the formatting of data from coral reef monitoring independently from the data collection protocol used therefore it will be integrated to the GCRMN. Numerous meeting with Clive Wilkinson, in charge of the GCRMN, were conducted in order to plan the use of Coremo by 2007, with the support of CRISP for the stage of standardization of the software across the Pacific.

Project 2D-4: Creating and spreading information and development of management tools

The WFC contribution consisted in distributing the SocMon methodology (socio-economic monitoring of MPAs) by putting the data online (www.reefbase.org/SocMon) and promoting a process of adaptation to the Pacific in synergy with the methodology from LMMA and SPC, by organising a meeting with the partners at the ITMEMS3 in Mexico (October 2006).