Organizations which currently undertake

coral reef A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. Co ...

and

atoll An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...

restoration projects using simple methods of

plant propagation Plant propagation is the process by which new plants grow from a variety of sources: seeds, cuttings, and other plant parts. Plant propagation can also refer to the man-made or natural dispersal of seeds. Propagation typically occurs as a step i ...

:
Coral Cay
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Counterpart International Counterpart International is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Since its founding in 1965, Counterpart has established programs and activities in more than 60 countries on six continents. History The organization wa ...

* 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 Reef Ball Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that functions as an international environmental non-governmental organization. The foundation uses reef ball artificial reef technology, combined with coral propagation, transpl ...

* Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI)
Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire (RRFB)

* WorldFishCenter: promotes sustainable

mariculture Mariculture or marine farming is a specialized branch of aquaculture (which includes freshwater aquaculture) involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other animal products, in enclosed sections of the open ocean ( offshore mari ...

techniques to grow reef

organisms In biology, an organism () is any living system that functions as an individual entity. All organisms are composed of cells (cell theory). Organisms are classified by taxonomy into groups such as multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; ...

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
Blue Corner Marine Research
* Chagos Conservation Trust * Conservation Society of Pohnpei
Conservation Key
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Coral Cay Conservation Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secre ...

* 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 Defense Fund or EDF (formerly known as Environmental Defense) is a United States-based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and hu ...

* Environmental Solutions International * Friends of Saba Marine Park *

Global Coral Reef Alliance Global means of or referring to a globe and may also refer to: Entertainment * ''Global'' (Paul van Dyk album), 2003 * ''Global'' (Bunji Garlin album), 2007 * ''Global'' (Humanoid album), 1989 * ''Global'' (Todd Rundgren album), 2015 * Bruno ...

(GCRA
Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA)
* Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network *

Great Barrier Reef Foundation The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is an Australian non-profit organisation established in 1999 to help protect and preserve the Great Barrier Reef. The foundation was formed in response to the first mass coral bleaching of the reef in 1998.{{Cit ...

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports an ...

Green Fins Green Fins is an approach to sustainable marine tourism activities operating in South East Asia, Caribbean and the Indian Ocean that works with business operators, communities and governments. It helps to implement environmental standards for t ...

* ICRAN Mesoamerican Reef Alliance * International Coral Reef Action Network
now defunct
?) * International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) * International Marinelife Alliance *

International Society for Reef Studies The International Coral Reef Society (ICRS; previously the International Society for Reef Studies) is an international, not-for profit, scientific society dedicated to the conservation of coral reefs through science and understanding. Founded in 19 ...

* Intercoast Network * Japanese Coral Reef Society * Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization * Marine Conservation Group *

Marine Conservation Society The Marine Conservation Society is a UK based not-for-profit organization working with businesses, governments and communities to clean and protect the oceans. Founded in 1983, the group claims to be working towards "cleaner, better-protected, h ...

* Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative (MARTI) * NSF Moorea Coral Reef Long-term Ecological Research site *

Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in 1951, The Natu ...

Ocean Voice International The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of Saline water, salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Water distribution on Earth, Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the ...

Project AWARE PADI AWARE Foundation is an environmental nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity orga ...

Planetary Coral Reef Foundation Planetary means relating to a planet or planets. It can also refer to: ;Science * Planetary habitability, the measure of an astronomical body's potential to develop and sustain life * Planetary nebula, an astronomical object ;People * Planetary ...

Practical Action Practical Action (previously known as the Intermediate Technology Development Group, ITDG) is a development charity registered in the United Kingdom which works directly in four regions of the developing world – Latin America, East Africa, Sout ...

* Project Reefkeeper * ReefBase *

Reef Check Reef Check is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of two reef ecosystems: tropical coral reefs and Californian rocky reefs. The Foundation is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States, but us ...

* Reef Relief * Reefwatch *

Save Our Seas Foundation The Save Our Seas Foundation is a Philanthropy, philanthropic organization committed to protecting the world’s oceans. It was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, on 23 September 2003. Focusing primarily on charismatic threatened wildlife (end ...

Seacology Seacology is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization headquartered in Berkeley, California, that works to preserve island ecosystems and cultures around the world. Founded in 1991, it began with the work of ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox, ...

* Seamarc Pvt. Ltd.Seamarc
* SECORE * Singapore Underwater Federation * Society for Andaman and Nicobar Ecology * Tubbataha Foundation *

Wildlife Conservation International The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a non-governmental organization headquartered at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, that aims to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions. Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological ...

* WWF

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