CRF™: South Florida, US

• Engaged over 650 people, contributing more than 1,260 hours to coral restoration activities and outreach.

• Maintained over 210 Coral Trees™ in the CRF™ nurseries in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuaries

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CRF™ St. Croix: USVI

• Hosted 18 participants for morning and afternoon dives.

• Cleaned around 20 nursery structures and propagated 302 new boulder plugs.

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Coral Nurture Program: Australia

• Undertook Coralplaoooza™ activities between June 3rd and June 8th, 2024.

• Utilized 10 boats and involved 70 participants who contributed 80 hours to reef restoration

• Out-planted 2,864 corals across 10 reef sites.

• Cleaned and harvested from 32 nurseries.

• Conducted 18 ecological surveys, including benthic and fish surveys.

• Completed photogrammetry of over 41 plots.

• Set up a PhD experiment.

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Rescue a Reef: Miami, Florida, USA

• Out-planted over 80 staghorn corals at Paradise Reef, Miami, FL, on June 5th.

• Cleaned all staghorn trees in Paradise Nursery and conducted educational sessions.

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Nature Seychelles: Seychelles

• Joined Coralpalooza™ 2024 during Ocean Week, June 5th-6th.

• Selected heat-tolerant coral species using Coral Bleaching Automated Stress System (CBASS).

• Assessed thermal tolerance of four reef-building corals.

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Blue Corner Marine Research: Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia

• Celebrated Coralpalooza™ 2024 and World Oceans Day on June 8th.

• Involved 20 team members for 10 hours:

• Out-planted hundreds of corals.

• Installed new structures and nursery ropes.

• Conducted comprehensive Reef Check survey.

• Hosted training workshop for local marine tourism community.

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CoralCatch: Indonesia

• Out-planted 76 corals and maintained over 30 structures.

• Hosted educational workshop for 25 elementary students.

• Empowered local women by teaching them to swim.

• Cleaned up 14.5 kg of beach trash.

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Seascape Caribbean: Jamaica

• Worked on June 7th to maintain and repair coral nurseries.

• Checked 1,100 coral nubbins and propagated 30 new corals.

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Misool Foundation: Raja Ampat, Indonesia

• Participated on June 2nd, 3rd, and 5th.

• Added 50 new coral fragments and maintained 42 artificial structures.

• Monitored 873 coral fragments.

• Educated senior high school students on coral reef nursery decline.

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Reefscapers: Maldives

• Out-planted 100 corals on frames and conducted in-water structure maintenance.

• Monitored coral bleaching and managed predators.

• Utilized two boats and worked for 15 impactful hours.

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Marhe, Marine Research and Higher Education Center: Maldives

• Hosted events in collaboration with Diamonds Thudufushi Beach and Water Villas, Diamonds Athuruga Beach and Water Villas, and Sandies Bathala Maldives.

• From June 1st to 8th, engaged 216 participants in monitoring coral bleaching, workshops, marine biology presentations, clean-up activities, documentaries, VR sessions, and snorkeling surveys.

• Organized 25 different activities to raise awareness and gather crucial reef protection data.