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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are grateful to all of the numerous individuals and institutions that contributed to making this guide

possible. Our founding colleagues in the Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative, Marea Hatziolos (the World

Bank), Carlos Saavedra (The Summit Foundation), and Noel Jacobs (MBRS Project of the CCAD), have been

instrumental in supporting and critically reviewing the work since the project's inception.

We are indebted to the experts who participated in the first consultative workshop held in Miami in June 2004.

They helped solidify the original interpretive framework used in this guide, particularly the ecological indicators.

This workshop was the beginning of a two-year process of research, regional and international interviews and

consultations, and additional workshops and meetings. We list all of these contributors below in alphabetical

order.

We wish to recognize the important contribution of the World Bank's work led by Marea Hatziolos to help

identify and develop key socio-economic, health and governance indicators. Expert contributors to the World

Bank's work Measuring Coral Reef Ecosystem Health: Integrating Societal Dimensions (2006) included: John

Dixon, David Rapport, Luisa Maffi, John Howard, Ola Ullsten and Stefano Belfiore.

Maya Gorrez and Matthew McPherson were instrumental in shaping many of the drivers of change and

social indicators presented in this guide. We are especially thankful to Carlos Saavedra for his insightful,

creative, and consistent guidance throughout all phases of this project. Tonya Clayton's keen eye for detail

and experienced editorial guidance greatly improved the quality of this product. We are grateful to Shalini

Cawich, Emil Cherrington, Lauretta Burke, Marydelene Vasquez, and John Maidens for assistance with GIS

and remote sensing products. Tonya Clayton, Valerie Paul, Judy Lang, Nadia Bood, and Maria Jose Gonzalez

are acknowledged for proofreading various drafts of the guide. We appreciate the helpful contributions and

suggestions by Judy Lang, Bob Steneck, Michelle Gilbert, Ann Lees, Beth Fisher and Ileana Solares. We also

thank Lisa Carnes and Nadia Bood for their assistance with the Glossary and Figure 8.a.

We are also grateful to the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) project. Without the AGRRA

Caribbean-wide database, our assessments of current status and formulation of reference values for several

of these indicators would not be possible.

Publication of this guide has been made possible through financial support from The Summit Foundation. All

errors of omission or interpretation in this publication remain with the main authors.

Many other individuals have provided data, ideas and constructive insight that helped further develop materials

included in this guide and that contributed to the overall Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative. We are

grateful to all. We sincerely apologize if we have inadvertently omitted any names.

Contributors

Lauretta Burke

World Resources Institute

Tomás Camarena

MBRS Project

Marlenia Acosta

SERNA, Honduras

Lisa Carnes

Consultant / Friends of Nature

Adriana Amadro

Isla Contoy National Park

Shalini Cawich

World Wildlife Fund

James Azueta

Belize Fisheries Department

Jason Clay

World Wildlife Fund

Alejandro Arrivillaga

The Nature Conservancy

Bob Cowen

RSMAS, University of Miami

Alfonso Arrivillaga

Consultant, MBRS Project

Gregorio Choc

Sarstoon-Temash Institute for Indigenous

Stefano Belfiore

International Ocean Commission

Management (SATIIM)

Barbara Best

US Agency for International Development

John Dixon

Consultant formerly with the World Bank

(USAID)

Craig Downs

Haereticus Environmental Laboratory

Nadia Bood

World Wildlife Fund

William Fisher

US Environmental Protection Agency

Leah Bunce

Conservation International

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