Coral reef organizations explained

Organizations which currently undertake coral reef and atoll restoration projects using simple methods of plant propagation:

• Coral Cay
• Counterpart International^[1]
• U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF)
• National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI)
• 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)
• Foundation of the peoples of the South Pacific
• WorldFishCenter: promotes sustainable mariculture techniques to grow reef organisms as tridacnidae
• Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) : Adopt a Coral

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^[2]
• Blue Corner Marine Research^[3]
• Chagos Conservation Trust
• Conservation Society of Pohnpei
• Conservation Key ^[4]
• 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 Solutions International
• Friends of Saba Marine Park
• Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA) Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA)
• Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network^[5]
• Great Barrier Reef Foundation^[6]
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• Green Fins
• ICRAN Mesoamerican Reef Alliance
• International Coral Reef Action Network (now defunct ?)^[7]
• International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)^[8]
• International Marinelife Alliance
• International Society for Reef Studies
• Intercoast Network
• Japanese Coral Reef Society^[9]
• Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization
• Marine Conservation Group
• Marine Conservation Society
• Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative (MARTI)
• NSF Moorea Coral Reef Long-term Ecological Research site^[10]
• Nature Conservancy
• Ocean Voice International
• Project AWARE
• Planetary Coral Reef Foundation^[11]
• Practical Action^[12]
• Project Reefkeeper
• ReefBase
• Reef Check
• Reef Relief^[13]
• Reef Support^[14]
• Reefwatch
• Save Our Seas Foundation^[15]
• Seacology
• Seamarc Pvt. Ltd.^[16]
• 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
• National Ice Core Laboratory
• Amphibian Ark
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault
• Rosetta Project

Notes and References

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009jsjv 'The Coral Gardener'-documentary about Counterpart scientist Austin Bowden-Kerby
2. http://www.biospherefoundation.org Biosphere Foundation
3. http://bluecornerconservation.org/coral-reef-restoration Blue Corner Marine Research
4. http://www.conservationkey.org Conservation Key
5. http://www.reefbase.org/resource_center/publication/main.aspx?refid=27173&referrer=GCRMN Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2008
6. Web site: How researchers are trying to save the Great Barrier Reef. Frangoul. Anmar. 2020-02-21. CNBC. en. 2020-03-15.
7. https://www.icriforum.org/about-icri/members-networks/international-coral-reef-action-network-icran International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
8. http://www.icriforum.org International Coral Reef Initiative
9. http://jcrs.jp JCRS. JCRS.jp. Retrieved on 2012-09-03.
10. http://mcr.lternet.edu NSF Moorea Coral Reef Long-term Ecological Research site
11. http://www.pcrf.org Planetary Coral Reef Foundation
12. http://practicalaction.org/docs/technical_information_service/coral_reefs.pdf Practical Action coral reef restoration Practical Action
13. http://reefrelieffounders.com Reef Relief
14. http://www.reef.support Reef Support
15. http://saveourseas.com Save Our Seas Foundation
16. http://www.seamarc.com/index.htm Seamarc