CORAL is excited to announce a new partnership with Skye Instruments, LLC to benefit our Clean Water for Reefs Initiative in Maui. Earlier this month, our team installed two weather stations in the Honokōwai and Wahikuli watersheds. Skye Instruments generously donated a weather station for each of the watersheds we are currently working on restoring in the… Continue Reading →
CORAL participated in the third annual Buleleng Bali Dive Festival (BBDF) in East Buleleng, Indonesia in late 2018. The festival began in 2014 and was inspired by Nyoman Sugiarta winning CORAL’s Conservation Prize. As part of the festival, CORAL and Reef Check Indonesia led and organized reef monitoring in five villages across the East Buleleng Marine Protected… Continue Reading →
For Immediate Release Friday, February 8th, 2019 Coral Reef Alliance partners with PangeaSeed Foundation and Wooden Wave artists to create a mural in Maui of our Clean Water for Reefs initiative West Maui, Hawaiʻi– The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is excited to share the news of the completion of a mural in Maui that shows… Continue Reading →
**Submissions for the 2020 dive tag photo contest are now open! Click here for more info.** The Namena Marine Reserve (Namena) in Fiji is renowned as of the world’s most incredible scuba diving locations, attracting divers from around the world with its unparalleled coral reef and marine life. When snorkelers or divers visit Namena, they… Continue Reading →
Each year the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) hosts our annual CORAL Conservation Prize Event, where we honor a coral reef conservation leader working to save coral reefs. This time of year is special to CORAL, as staff from Hawai’i, Honduras, Indonesia and Fiji are flown to our headquarters in Oakland, California to celebrate the Prize winner and… Continue Reading →
Background: On October 8th, the IPCC issued its special report on the impacts of global climate change on nature and society. Specifically, the IPCC examined the results of warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in the context of the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. The… Continue Reading →
Over the past few years, there’s been a steady increase and interest in a number of coral conservation activities that fall into the broad category of restoration. These include coral gardening, breeding corals in tanks and transplanting them onto reefs and growing corals on artificial reef structures in the water. At the Coral Reef Alliance… Continue Reading →
In 2016, CORAL began an exciting new partnership with the Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) at Stanford University. Three key players met to kickstart this collaboration: Dr. Michael Webster, CORAL’s Executive Director, Dr. Jeremy Bailenson, VHIL’s Director, and Dr. Robert Richmond, Director of the University of Hawaiʻi’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory. Although they didn’t know it… Continue Reading →
Since 2014, the CORAL Conservation Prize has been awarded annually to an individual who has proven to be an outstanding leader in the conservation of coral reefs. The CORAL Prize is a unique opportunity to recognize the people that are truly making a difference in the future of coral reefs, and applicants are nominated by a member… Continue Reading →