Coral Restoration Foundation™ The World's Largest Reef Restoration Effort

Coral Restoration Foundation™ sits at the forefront of coral restoration and reef conservation. To celebrate #WorldOceanDay we are sharing why the work we are doing today is so important!
Video by Alexander Neufeld for Coral Restoration Foundation™
Featuring:
Bob Murray, Stephen Frink, Jessica Levy, and Richard Weinstein
For more information & to find out how you can become involved, visit our website: www.coralrestoration.org
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About Coral Restoration Foundation™
Coral Restoration Foundation™ (CRF™) is the world’s largest non-profit marine conservation organization dedicated to actively restoring coral reefs. CRF™ was founded in response to the wide-spread loss of the dominant coral species on the Florida Reef Tract. Through large-scale cultivation, outplanting, and monitoring of genetically diverse corals, CRF™ works to support the reefs’ natural recovery processes. CRF™ engages and empowers others in their mission with dive programs, educational activities, scientific collaborations, and community outreach.

[@joelcopeland9998]

CRF is an absolutely brilliant organization doing vital work.

[@D.Martyr]

Thank you❤

[@YogaWithSalad]

I love his comments about stumbling upon the coral that had taken and the hope he felt knowing it grew and hopefully sustained itself.

[@BalboaBaggins]

I can't believe this organization is not mentioned in the news or anything. You guys are literally saving the planet. Governments should be obligated to finance these projects.

[@CoralRestorationFoundation]

We do receive funding and permitting from both federal and state governmental organizations. We are one of many organizations involved in NOAA's Mission:Iconic Reefs which you can learn more about here sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/dec19/noaa-launches-mission-iconic-reefs-to-save-florida-keys-coral-reefs.html

[@cruffmusic8168]

Good on you! Lots of love from Australia.

[@RJ-go3sn]

This is at once amazing, and so necessary! Hats off to you wonderful, dedicated people! On a personal note, I had been diving the Keys from 1975 through 1985 (until moving to North Carolina), so I recall vividly the stag horn and elk horn corals. Since then, every single time I was (and am!) faced with something stressful or difficult, I took my mind to those favorite diving spots, and the beauty and calmness, fun and education each provided!! I would love to be there, helping any way that I could. It is unthinkable to me that my experiences can't be had by generations to come. Thank you for your perseverance and purposefulness. You are heroes and blessings!
PS: Stephen Frink is underwater photography ~ AND Keys conservation ~ NOBILITY!

[@unbreakableldorado7723]

Amazing work, thank you for your dedication! :)

[@TheAndyMaan]

Incredible work you are doing, I hope this kind of work continues and spreads to more and more places the restore the damage we have done.
Do you know why the new coral seems to be flourishing where the old ones have died off? Is it because it’s younger or newer coral so is able to deal with the changed temperature and acidity which seems to be the main cause of the old ones dying? Genuinely interested to hear the actual reason by the way.
Keep up the great work, hope to able to support you or another group sometime soon

[@CoralRestorationFoundation]

Despite warming waters and increasing ocean acidification, the corals we are outplanting on Florida's Coral Reefs are thriving. Many of our older corals are now reproducing through spawning, which demonstrates that they are healthy- in order for corals to spawn, they must have energy available to do so.
This success is likely due to two main factors:
1) Many of the local stressors which contributed to the decline in these coral populations have now been abated
2) It is likely that the wild coral genotypes that provided the initial parent stock for our operations are hardy, having withstood decades of multiple stressors. Their persistence in the wild until a decade ago indicates that these genotypes are resilient and probably capable of eventually adapting to increasingly dynamic environmental conditions.
3) Diverse ecosystems are resilient to stressors. By ensuring that we are working to support the reefs’ natural genetic diversity, we are giving coral reefs a better chance of adapting to changing environmental conditions.
Saving coral reefs requires action at multiple levels. While organizations work to curb carbon emissions, it is essential that we work to maintain viable, genetically diverse, wild coral populations that will have a chance to recover once we mitigate the effects of climate change.

[@labradodennis7444]

Can you teach us?

[@1pdhf7ywgqkqo]

It is a fabulous cause that is managed by toxic and critical people.