The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) was honored to be recognized by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Meeting as one of six organizations and individuals to receive The Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources (CALA) on September 9, 2020. The CALA was established in 2016 to recognize exemplary leadership in the field… Continue Reading →
COVID-19 has affected all of us in one way or another. Some people have lost loved ones or friends and neighbors to this pandemic. Some of us are now sheltering in place, unable to travel or do many other activities that we recently took for granted. We are all experiencing uncertainty about what the future… Continue Reading →
At the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), we’re on a mission to save the world’s coral reefs. But to do that, we first need to identify what the most urgent threats to coral reefs are. Luckily, we (and scientists all around the world) have the answer! According to scientific publications like the United Nations’ IPCC special… Continue Reading →
For Immediate Release Thursday, January 16, 2020 CORAL Announces Appointment of Dr. Madhavi Colton as New Executive Director Oakland – The Board of Directors of the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), a non-profit leader in coral reef conservation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Madhavi Colton to Executive Director. She is succeeding Dr. Michael… Continue Reading →
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Madhavi Colton as its fourth Executive Director. Dr. Colton is succeeding Dr. Michael Webster, who has chosen to leave his role to pursue research at New York University on how life can adapt to climate change. “The Board is very excited about… Continue Reading →
For Immediate Release Monday, July 1, 2019 Experts find that protecting diverse reef networks can enable rapid evolution and coral reef longevity Oakland— A new study released today in Nature Climate Change gives hope for coral reefs. The pioneering study launched by the Coral Reef Alliance is one of the first to demonstrate that management… Continue Reading →
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 →