Environmental Demonstration Projects

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez cartography students. The course was created with a grant from the EPP Environmental Entrepreneurship Program.

Proposals in this category: 1) identify NOAA-related environmental challenges; 2) identify innovative ways to address the challenges by engaging students in collaborative field-based learning experiences; and, 3) identify opportunities to train students using a compliment of entrepreneurial and technical skills that may lead to business development opportunities in their local communities.

Examples of NOAA's Environmental Challenges

They include, but not limited to:

Enhancing and restoring coastal and estuarine habitats
Preventing marine pollution
Reducing coastal hazards
Managing marine protected areas
Protecting coral reefs
Reducing the spread of invasive species
Restoring fisheries and fisheries habitat
Planning community waterfront revitalization
Improving the prediction of weather and climate phenomena
Employing remotely sensed data and information systems to support environmental monitoring prediction