Organizations which currently undertake
coral reef
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in group ...
and
atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans and seas where corals can develop. Most ...
restoration projects using simple methods of
plant propagation
Plant propagation is the process by which new plants grow from various sources, including seeds, Cutting (plant), cuttings, and other plant parts. Plant propagation can refer to both man-made and natural processes.
Propagation typically occurs as ...
:
Coral Cay*
Counterpart International
Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) : Adopt a CoralCozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program (CCRRP): Based on Cozumel, Mexico. They restore the local reefs and have a volunteer program.
Ocean Gardener: Indonesian NGO that conserves and restores coral reefs in Indonesia. Has tours, courses and volunteer programs and the proceeds go toward their coral restoration programs and helping local communities pivot to a regenerative economy.
* U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF)
* US Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
* National Center for Coral Reef Research (NCORE)
*
Reef Ball
* Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI)
Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire (RRFB)Reef Renewal Foundation Curaçao (RRFC)
* WorldFishCenter: promotes sustainable mariculture
Mariculture, sometimes called marine farming or marine aquaculture, is a branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other animal products, in seawater. Subsets of it include ( offshore mariculture), fish fa ...
techniques to grow reef organisms
An organism is any living thing that functions as an individual. Such a definition raises more problems than it solves, not least because the concept of an individual is also difficult. Many criteria, few of them widely accepted, have been pr ...
as tridacnidae
Organizations which promote interest, provide knowledge bases about coral reef survival, and promote activities to protect and restore coral reefs:
* Australian Coral Reef Society
* Biosphere Foundation
Blue Corner Marine Research
* Chagos Conservation Trust
* Conservation Society of Pohnpei
Conservation Key
* Coral Cay Conservation
* Coral Reef Care
* Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL
Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)
* Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management
* Coral Restoration Foundation
* Coral Triangle Initiative
* Cousteau Society
* Crusoe Reef Society
* CEDAM International
* Earthwatch
* Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Defense Fund or EDF (formerly known as Environmental Defense) is a United States–based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, an ...
* Environmental Solutions International
* Friends of Saba Marine Park
* Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA
Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA)
* Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
* Great Barrier Reef Foundation
* Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
* Green Fins
* ICRAN Mesoamerican Reef Alliance
* International Coral Reef Action Network
now defunct
?)
* International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
* International Marinelife Alliance
* International Society for Reef Studies
* Intercoast Network
* Japanese Coral Reef Society
* Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization
* Marine Conservation Group
* Marine Conservation Society
The Marine Conservation Society is a UK-based charitable organisation working with businesses, governments and communities to clean and protect oceans. Founded in 1978 as the Underwater Conservation Society, the group claims to be working towards ...
* Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative (MARTI)
* NSF Moorea Coral Reef Long-term Ecological Research site
* Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US.
Founded in ...
* Ocean Voice International
* Project AWARE
* Planetary Coral Reef Foundation
* Practical Action
* Project Reefkeeper
* ReefBase
* Reef Check
* Reef Relief
* Reef Support
* Reefwatch
* Save Our Seas Foundation
* Seacology
* Seamarc Pvt. Ltd.Seamarc
* SECORE
* Singapore Underwater Federation
* Society for Andaman and Nicobar Ecology
* Tubbataha Foundation
* Wildlife Conservation International
* WWF
See also
* Census of Coral Reefs
* Coral reef protection
*Frozen zoo
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals (e.g. DNA, sperm, eggs, embryos and live tissue) are stored at very low temperatures (−196 °C) in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way ca ...
*National Ice Core Laboratory
The National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF), known as the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) before 2018, is the primary repository for ice cores collected by the United States. The facility is located at the Denver Federal Cent ...
*Amphibian Ark The Amphibian Ark (or AArk) is an organization that focuses on the conservation of amphibian populations by planning and implementing ''ex situ'' programs in zoos and wildlife organizations around the world.
Background
The Amphibian Ark (or AArk) ...
*Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault () is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The Seed Vault provides long-term storage for duplicates of seeds fro ...
* Rosetta Project
References
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Marine conservation organizations