Thanks to Cynthia Ho for submitting this article. Mahalo to the 129 volunteers from Keep Puakō Beautiful (KPB), Get the Drift (GTD), and Bag It who attended the Puakō Boat Ramp Clean-Up. During the event, volunteers surveyed and removed 609 pounds of dumped trash and marine debris on 13.25 miles of trails from Hapuna Beach… Continue Reading →
Interested in finding more ideas on how you can reduce land-based pollution, cut costs by saving energy, and engage your guests in education and conservation programs? Read the examples below, and be sure to read the Hawai’i Hotel Reef Stewardship guide to learn about more ways to turn your hotel into a reef steward. Case Studies… Continue Reading →
Thanks to Jim Beets for allowing CORAL to reprint this article UH Hilo, a leader in liberal arts education in Hawai’i, is planning the development of a marine field station at Puakō, on the Kona coast of the Island of Hawai‘i. The impressive coral reefs at Puakō are among the best developed and most diverse… Continue Reading →
One of the things I love most about our staff at the Coral Reef Alliance is that we all share the same passion for coral reefs. So for those of us in our headquarters office in Oakland, California, it’s always a treat when we get to travel to our field sites and see the reefs… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
By Sophia Anner, CORAL Intern and student at Albany High School As a student in the Environmental Design, Science, Engineering, and Technology (EDSET) program at Albany High School in Albany, California, I get to take courses with an emphasis on the environment, as well as intern with an environmental organization. I chose CORAL because I… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
For Immediate Release December 1, 2014 OAKLAND, DECEMBER 1, 2014—The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) has joined #GivingTuesday, a national effort now in its third year to inspire people to take action to improve their local communities and environments, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they support, and help create a… Continue Reading →
Successful coral reef conservation begins with networks—not only networks of locally-managed marine protected areas, but also networks of people. That’s why we hosted a meeting on October 27 that brought together more than 13 organizations from Honduras. The day had one goal: to build alliances between a host of organizations that are all working toward… Continue Reading →