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March

Building capacity for water quality and coral monitoring in American Samoa

A snorkeler wearing a longsleeved, full length dive skin, gloves, and fins hovers over a shallow coral reef while holding a writing tablet and measuring tape. The measuring tape stretches across the top of a tan, branching coral.

Capacity for water quality and coral monitoring was increased in American Samoa by following a successful three-pronged approach. Engaging partners, training local communities and citizens, and connecting water quality monitoring to natural resource management objectives ensures continuation of this work into the future.

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