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Nyoman Sugiarta…Where Is He Now?
Since winning the CORAL Conservation Prize a few months ago, Nyoman Sugiarta has been putting his prize money back into protecting his community’s coral reefs. Nyoman won $20,000 on September 20, 2014 as the first ever CORAL Conservation Prize winner. So what is he doing now? He recently quit his job as villa caretaker and…
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A Glittering Evening of Conservation
By Madhavi Colton, CORAL Lead Conservation Scientist I recently had the privilege of representing CORAL at the Monterey Bay Aquarium David Packard Award Dinner celebrating the Aquarium’s 30th anniversary. I was invited to attend by Bloomberg Philanthropies and was joined by CORAL Council member, Kris Billeter. The evening was beautiful and elegant, and full of…
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Marshall Islands Become the World’s Sixth and Largest Shark Sanctuary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2011 Suva, Fiji-The Republic of the Marshall Islands is now home to the largest shark sanctuary in the world. The new legislation officially bans the commercial fishing of sharks in all 1,990,530 square kilometers of the nation’s waters, an area equivalent to the size of Mexico. The Marshall Islands joins…