Coral Reef Alliance
The Coral Reef Alliance is an environmental non-profit, 501(c)(3) non-governmental organization that is dedicated to coral reef conservation. The organization was founded in 1994 by Stephen Colwell.
Programs
CORAL's work includes aquatic research, educating local communities, and building alliances with governments, agencies, research institutions, and other NGOs to protect coral reefs. CORAL also has a coral bleaching response network using high-resolution satellite images to monitor coral reefs and bleaching events. CORAL estimates that 90% of the world's coral reefs could undergo annual coral bleaching, and in a Nature Ecology and Evolution publication, predicts that a significant portion of coral reefs may go extinct without further intervention.CORAL operates at reef regions in Hawai'i, Honduras and Mexico to maintain clean water, healthy fisheries, and protected habitat. In a March 2023 interview with CORAL employee Javier Pizaña-Alonso, it was reported the organisation is planning to expand operations to Roatán, Honduras, and Belize as these are major cruise ship destinations with a large amount of reef tourism.