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  1. NOAA Fisheries
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    Restoring Coral Reefs - NOAA Fisheries

    • Learn how NOAA works to restore coral reefs threatened by climate change, pollution, and other impacts. Find out about NOAA's strategies, activities, and achievements in the Caribbean, Florida, and Pac… See more

    Why Corals Need Our Help

    Corals are extremely valuable, contributing about $10 trillion a year globally(link is external) and more than $3 billion a year domesticallyto the economy. Hundreds of millions of … See more

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    A Plan to Save Coral Reefs

    Saving and restoring the world's coral reefs requires a multi-pronged approach that ranges from the local to the global level. Despite notable successes at the local level, we sti… See more

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    How We Restore Coral Reefs

    Coral restorationcan take on a number of forms. It can range from simple growing, gardening, and outplanting to harvesting millions of naturally-produced eggs and sperm to cr… See more

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    Where We're Making A Difference

    The NOAA Restoration Center serves as a lead on coral restoration work, participating in a diverse set of coral-related restoration activities across the Caribbean and Florida, as well as … See more

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    How can I help save the reef?
    You can help us by taking action to save the Reef here. Your support can help save endangered marine species, find solutions to major threats facing our Reef like coral bleaching and crown-of-thorns starfish and enable vital research that helps managers protect our Reef.
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    Why Corals Need Our Help
    A Plan to Save Coral Reefs
    How We Restore Coral Reefs
    Where We're Making A Difference
    How can I help save the reef?
     
  1. Efforts to save coral reefs include123:
    • Volunteering in local beach or reef cleanups.
    • Protecting watersheds.
    • Avoiding giving corals as presents.
    • Growing and planting healthy corals in protected conditions.
    • Removing invasive species that smother coral.
    • Piloting hybrid "reefs" made of natural and artificial elements.
    • Improving fishery sustainability.
    • Mitigating sources of pollution that weaken coral reefs.
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    Volunteer in local beach or reef cleanups. If you don't live near the coast, get involved in protecting your watershed. Corals are already a gift. Don't give them as presents. It takes corals decades or longer to create reef structures, so leave them on the reef. Long-lasting light bulbs are a bright idea.

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    How We Restore Coral Reefs

    • Growing and Planting Healthy Corals NOAA facilitates, leads, funds, and implements efforts to grow corals in protected conditions. ...

    Restoring Coral Reefs | NOAA Fisheries

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    In addition to restoring natural reefs, we are piloting hybrid "reefs"—structures made of both natural and artificial elements that help protect coastlines and provide new places for corals to take hold. We are also working to improve fishery sustainability and to mitigate sources of pollution that weaken coral reefs.

    How Science and Innovation Can Save Ca…

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    How can we save and restore the World's coral reefs?
    Saving and restoring the world's coral reefs requires a multi-pronged approach that ranges from the local to the global level. Despite notable successes at the local level, we still have a gap to make significant impacts at the ecosystem level. To close this gap, we need to increase resources dedicated to restoration.

    Restoring Coral Reefs - NOAA Fisheries

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    How can we protect coral reefs?
    Preventing loss of corals and their habitat. Identifying high-risk areas, supporting emergency response, and recovering damages from physical events such as vessel groundings all play a role in reducing damage to coral reefs. Enhancing coral population resilience.

    Restoring Coral Reefs - NOAA Fisheries

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    How can I help save the reef?
    You can help us by taking action to save the Reef here. Your support can help save endangered marine species, find solutions to major threats facing our Reef like coral bleaching and crown-of-thorns starfish and enable vital research that helps managers protect our Reef.

    What we’re doing to save our Reef and how you can help

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    How does EPA protect coral reefs?
    EPA protects coral reefs by implementing Clean Water Act programs that protect water quality in watersheds and coastal zones of coral reef areas. EPA also supports efforts to monitor and assess the condition of U.S. coral reefs, and conducts research into the causes of coral reef deterioration.

    What EPA is Doing to Protect Coral Reefs | US EPA

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    Can coral reefs be saved?
    The world has lost 30 to 50 percent of its coral reefs already. Without significant intervention, tropical reef ecosystems could face global extinction by the end of the century. Saving and restoring the world's coral reefs requires a multi-pronged approach that ranges from the local to the global level.

    Restoring Coral Reefs - NOAA Fisheries

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    Why do we care about coral reefs?
    We work to protect and restore the world’s coral reefs from the effects of climate change and other impacts from human activity Coral reefs, found in over 100 countries and territories globally, underpin ocean biodiversity and provide important economic, social, recreational and cultural benefits.

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  3. National Geographic
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    Scientists are trying to save coral reefs. Here's what's ...

    Jun 4, 2020 · The web page explores various strategies to protect and restore coral reefs, such as creating marine protected areas, breeding heat-tolerant coral, and using natural selection. It also warns that these efforts may not …

  4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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    What EPA is Doing to Protect Coral Reefs | US EPA

    Aug 12, 2024 · EPA protects coral reefs by implementing Clean Water Act programs that protect water quality in watersheds and coastal zones of coral reef areas. EPA also supports efforts to monitor and assess the condition of U.S. …

  5. The World Economic Forum
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    What is being done to protect coral reefs from climate …

    Jan 12, 2021 · Researchers have found a new way to measure the metabolites of corals that indicate their health and vulnerability to warming waters. The work could help scientists monitor and protect coral reefs before bleaching occurs.

  6. Great Barrier Reef Foundation
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    What we’re doing to save our Reef and how you can help

  7. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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    What You Can Do to Help Protect Coral Reefs | US EPA

    Jun 5, 2024 · Practice safe and responsible diving and snorkeling. Avoid touching reefs or anchoring your boat on the reef. Contact with the reef will damage the delicate coral animals, and anchoring on the reef can kill corals, …

  8. NPR
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    To help coral reefs survive bleaching, scientists speed …

    Apr 17, 2024 · With mass bleaching only expected to get worse as the climate keeps warming, coral scientists are urgently searching for ways to help reefs endure. Bleaching can kill corals, putting some of the...

  9. UNEP - UN Environment Programme
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    Protecting Coral Reefs | UNEP - UN Environment …

    UN Environment Programme promotes sound science, policy and financing to manage coral reef ecosystems and services. Learn about the diversity, benefits and threats of coral reefs, and how to restore them through tourism and other …

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    Why protecting coral reefs matters - UNEP - UN …

    We work to protect and restore the world’s coral reefs from the effects of climate change and other impacts from human activity. Coral reefs, found in over 100 countries and territories globally, underpin ocean biodiversity and provide …

  11. NOAA's National Ocean Service
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    Coral Reefs - NOAA's National Ocean Service

    An overview of the biology of and threats to coral reefs, as well as efforts being made to conserve and protect them. It includes images, animations, and videos.