The Problem We Seek To Solve

CORAL REEFS ARE IMPORTANT. WE MUST DO MORE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THEM.

Broadly, their importance is for:

LIFE AND LIVELIHOODS

 

They support a quarter of all marine life, and the livelihoods of a billion people in over 100 countries, and they drive coastal economies through tourism, fishing and recreation.
 
They have a global economic value of $375 billion a year, and they provide food for hundreds of millions of people.

ENVIRONMENTAL

 

They protect coastlines from the damaging effects of wave action and storms, whilst acting as a filter.

They assist in carbon and nitrogen fixing which helps with nutrient recycling.

A SOBERING SNAPSHOT

 

It is estimated that by 2030, more than 90% of all coral reefs will be threatened.

 

The world has already lost half of all its coral reefs, and this has occurred catastrophically throughout only the past 20 years.

 

The destruction of these valuable ecosystems is happening at twice the pace of rainforest decline, and the increasing incidence of plastic debris in our oceans also kills coral through light deprivation, toxin release, as well as anoxia and disease.

LET’S TURN THIS AROUND AND BUILD A BETTER FUTURE

 

If the current decline is allowed to continue it is estimated that by 2050 all coral reefs will be impacted. Some real-time impacts being experienced, right now, include:

 

  • Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of corals are being bulldozed every year by fishing vessels.
  • Millions of corals are being destroyed by critical and necessary infrastructure, including port facilities and dredging.
  • Oil and gas, passenger cruising and shipping are all having a significant impact on coral systems.
  • The acidity being experienced by our coral reef systems is greater than at any time in the last 400,000 years due to the 22mt of CO2 being absorbed each
         year in the world’s oceans.
  • The runoff from sewage, cities and farms finding its way into our oceans feed algae that overwhelms our coral reefs.
  • The chemicals from the estimated 14,000 tonnes of sunscreen used by swimmers threatens up to 10% of the world’s coral.

THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ACTION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. LET’S WORK TOGETHER.

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