What we’re about
The Coral Conservancy, is a global community-based coral restoration non-profit.
We focus on management alternatives, public training programs, and policy initiatives that empower local communities and increase the resources available to preserve and protect coral reefs.
If coral reefs are to survive beyond 2050, Radical and immediate changes on a social, political, and legal level are required.
The Coral Conservancy is part of that change because we aim to provide every single person who wants to help save corals an outlet to do so, besides just a donation.
Our plans to train residents in Hawaii to use their proficient aquatic skills in the field of coral restoration have never been done before.
Hawaii is world-renowned for its research, and rare/endemic corals. But we are also known for the impressive community of marine recreational enthusiasts. Free-diving, surfing, fishing, you know them and are probably one of them.
The current loss of over 50% of reefs around Hawaii, impacts the wellbeing of those communities beyond just the financial. All too often now, I hear from community members how they are emotionally impacted on their daily lives when they think about what our reefs “used to look like!” We should go to the ocean for balance and peace, but for some of us, it's a constant reminder of what we take and destroy.
While the scientific research into coral restoration has taken leaps and bounds, the realistic scale for deployment and the efficacy needed to prevent the year 2050 scenario has unfortunately not been achieved.
One of the underlying problems of realistic coral restoration deployment is the cost. Hawaii has become known for the “most expensive coral restoration in the world,” but has not seen any “community-based efforts” take place. It has solely been in the hands of universities and state entities. The reason why our costs are so high is that coral restoration has thus far been restricted to science and academia.
The time has now come to utilize these incredible research efforts and deploy them on the scalable community level needed to preserve and protect our reefs for future generations.
