A guiding principle of UCME is that all its work should build strong and lasting partnerships with research institutions, government agencies and other nongovernmental organisations.
Institutional
UCME is in the privileged position to be supported by national and local authorities of Honduras as well as regional institutions. These include:
- Municipal Government of Utila
- Honduran Institute of Tourism
- Honduran Directorate of Fisheries
- Zamorano Institute for Biodiversity
Universities
To advance shared research visions UCME is proud to collaborate with researchers and supervise students from several international universities including:
- Zamorano, Pan-American school for Agriculture, Honduras
- University of Exeter, England
- University of Newcastle, England
- University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- University of York, England
- University of Lund, Sweden
- University of Bangor, Wales
- Yale University, USA
For further information on these partnerships see research at UCME as well as details on the region wide collaborative project of 18 institutions from Europe and the Caribbean that UCME is participating in.
Non-governmental Organisations
To build more effective community led conservation initiatives UCME works in collaboration with many other non-governmental organisations including:
- Bay Islands Conservation Association
- Bay Islands Foundation (Iguana Research Station)
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Coral Reef Alliance
- Reef Check
- Ecocean (Whale shark conservation)
- Beautiful Oceans (Coral reef education)
We are always keen to increase our collaborative projects and want to provide a hub to bring like minded organisation together in the pursuit of shared goals. Please contact us if you'd like further information on partnering with, or supporting UCME. |
