Enter Fund Indicators F1-F7
For Fund Indicators F1 to F7, each sub-indicator value should represent the total aggregate for your entire Programme, reflecting the combined sum of all businesses or financial solutions included.
F1 Programme area
Click on 'F1 Programme area' on the sidebar and enter the total area of coral reefs (in km²) in the field 'F 1.1 Total area of coral reefs in GFCR Programme'.
Remember to report F 1.1 as cumulative totals across all reporting periods since the start of the GFCR Programme. If sub-indicator has no new value for a given report, simply enter the last reported value.
For example, add the newly included area from the current reporting period to the total reported previously. If 50 km² of coral reef area were recently added to the GFCR Program and 200 km² were reported earlier, you would report a total of 250 km² in the current report.
To obtain the reef area, we suggest using Allen Coral Atlas:
On the Atlas, enable the 'Reef Extent' map layer
Zoom into the area of interest
Use to polygon tool to outline your reef area
Once your polygon has been created, hit enter and a 'Stats' modal will pop out with the reef extent area calculated in km².
When logged in, you can name and save your polygon, as well as download data. Ensure to check the 'Reef extent' box before downloading.
F2 Conservation and management
Click on 'F2 Conservation and management' on the sidebar, then input the area sizes (in km²) for F 2.1 to F 2.5. Ensure you enter the correct areas, as there are distinctions between coral reef areas and total areas.
To obtain the reef areas and total areas (in km²), you can use Allen Coral Atlas by following the steps on F1 Project area.
In addition, there are other global platforms and databases to extract data for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMS), and Locally-Managed Marine Protected Areas (LMMAs) (e.g., Protected Planet, Marine Protection Atlas, Resources Watch). You can also refer to regional and local databases.
Remember to report F 2.1 to F 2.5 as cumulative totals across all reporting periods since the start of the GFCR Programme. If sub-indicators have no new values for a given report, simply enter the last reported values.
F3 Restoration
Click on 'F3 Restoration' on the sidebar, then input the values and area size (in km²) for F 3.1 to F 3.6.
For 'F 3.1 Area of effective coral reef restoration', to obtain the area of effective coral reef restoration (in km²), you can use Allen Coral Atlas by following the steps on 'F1 Programme area'. This indicator is a subset of F1 and used to measure only the area of coral restoration activities in a GFCR Programme.
For F 3.5, the number of people engaged in coral reef restoration is disaggregated by gender (i.e., men and women), youth (between the ages of 15 and 24 as defined by the United Nations) and Indigenous peoples.
Even if your GFCR Programme does not engage in any restoration activities, you are still required to report this indicator. The default values are set to '0', and you can leave them as they are if no restoration activities are being conducted.
Remember to report F3.1 to F 3.6 as cumulative totals across all reporting periods since the start of the GFCR Programme. If sub-indicators have no new values for a given report, simply enter the last reported values.
F4 Coral reef health
MERMAID will automatically add your coral reef health indicators from the ecological data you entered in the same project.
Click on 'F4 Coral reef health' on the sidebar, then input the values for coral reef health indicators F 4.1 to F 4.3.
If you have submitted ecological coral reef data for all your GFCR-associated sites inside this GFCR project, you can use the automated calculation tool for reef health indicators:
Select the start and end date for the 'Reporting date range'. The start date should correspond to the date of the initial reef surveys (baseline), and the end date should be the date of the most recent reef surveys conducted within the reporting period.
Average live hard coral cover, macroalgae cover and reef fish biomass are automatically calculated for all submitted surveys within that period
Fields F 4.1, F 4.2 and F 4.3 are automatically populated with results. This way you do not need to calculate any value manually.
Another option is to manually input each sub-indicator if your surveys are in other projects on MERMAID or stored in a different database.
Be sure to report F 4.1 to F 4.3 as averages based on the most recent surveys. If there are no new surveys available for this reporting period then enter previously reported averages.
If your GFCR Program includes ecological data from other projects on MERMAID, the automated tool for calculating reef health indicators will not be available. However, you can use the mermaidr package in R to access this data, provided you have authenticated access to all relevant projects. This will allow you to calculate averages for all indicators across GFCR Programme sites for the reporting period. For instructions on using mermaidr, please refer to the documentation.
Alternatively, you may download an individual XLSX file from each project on MERMAID and manually calculate the averages for the reporting date range in any analysis applications.
Where feasible, include the data in the XLSX file used to calculate these reef health indicators as an appendix to your narrative annual reports if they are not accessible in your GFCR project on MERMAID. In the 'Notes' field, add details about how these averages were calculated and how they will be submitted as raw data to the GFCR.
If you want to learn more about submitting ecological data in your GFCR project on MERMAID, please read the sections Getting Started, Collect data, Validate and submit data, and Manage your data, in our documentation.
F5 Communities
Click on 'F5 Communities' on the sidebar, then input the values for sub-indicators F 5.1 to F 5.6.
For F 5.4, the number of local practicioners is disaggregated by gender (i.e., men and women), youth (between the ages of 15 and 24 as defined by the United Nations) and Indigenous peoples.
For F 5.6, you should only report the number of national policies linked to GFCR engagement that have been finalized by the time of reporting. If Programmes are not planning national policy targets, or if a policy is underway but not yet finalized should enter '0'.
Remember to report F 5.1 to F 5.6 as cumulative totals across all reporting periods since the start of the GFCR Programme. If sub-indicators have no new values for a given report, simply enter the last reported values.
F6 People
Click on 'F6 People' on the sidebar, then input the values for sub-indicators F 6.1.
For F 6.1, the number of direct jobs created is disaggregated by gender (i.e., men and women), youth (between the ages of 15 and 24 as defined by the United Nations) and Indigenous peoples.
Please note that the sub-indicator F 6.2 "Number of people with increased income and/or nutrition" will no longer be required starting with the 2024 End-Year Report. For consistency, you may leave the F 6.2 fields as "0" on the MERMAID webforms. For more information, please contact the GFCR Secretariat.
Remember to report F 6.1 as cumulative totals across all reporting periods since the start of the GFCR Programme. If sub-indicators have no new values for a given report, simply enter the last reported values.
F7 Climate Response
Click on 'F7 Climate Response' on the sidebar, then input the values for sub-indicators F 7.1 to F 7.4.
Remember to report F 7.1 to F 7.4 as cumulative totals across all reporting periods since the start of the GFCR Programme. If sub-indicators have no new values for a given report, simply enter the last reported values.
