Conservation Efforts

What have people done/plan to do to protect the coral reefs? Here are some examples:

The Nature Conservancy - Their coral reefs project around the world ensure that support for designing and creating resilient marine protected area networks in the Asia-Pacific region, known as the Coral Triangle. They also ensure that the staghorn coral restoration efforts in the Florida Keys will be monitored.

Caribbean Nations Launch Challenge - This will accelerate the marine conservation in the region with the aim of protecting 20 percent of the region's marine and coastal habitat by 2020.

Rainforest2Reef - It is developing a program to work with local communities on the use of more environmentally friendly techniques and materials. Through these efforts, we are beginning to help local communities become stewards of their coastal and marine environment as well as the rainforests.

A few of these type of organisations in Singapore include:

Nature Society (Singapore) (NSS) - This organisation is dedicated to the study, conservation and enjoyment of the natural heritage in Singapore, Malaysia and surrounding region. It organises special awareness and conservation campaigns, to raise national conservation issues, such as the protection of Singapore's Natures areas.

Singapore Underwater Federation (SUF) - This organisation conduct activities such as underwater cleanups, the installation of courtesy mooring buoys and environmental seminars.

Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research - This organisation conducts intertidal walks and does research on marine life.

Tropical Marine Science Institute - This organisation is centre of excellence for research, development and consultancy in tropical marine science as well as environmental science.

Underwater World Singapore - It has sought to raise public awareness on marine conservation issues via educational exhibits and signage information, enriching educational programs, outreach assembly talks for schools and various ongoing conservation projects with other partners and institutions.