top of page
2024.03.17_Sadies Beach_J.Levy104 (2).jpg

THE CORALPALOOZA™ COMMUNITY: A WORLD OF CHANGE FOR OUR CORAL REEFS.

In 2024, we are once again inviting coral restoration groups around the world to join us in growing a global movement on behalf of our coral reefs. 

Coralpalooza_Logo_White_edited.png
_DSC7565 (1) (1) (1).jpg

Highlights from the 2023 INTERNATIONAL CORALPALOOZA™ COMMUNITY: 

  • Coral Nurture Program in Australia, supported by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, mobilized 56 divers to return 6,726 corals to 13 sites on the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Fundación CIM Caribe in Colombia, continued to contribute to the “A Million Corals for Colombia” initiative by outplanting over 950 corals.

  • Kuleana Coral Restoration in Hawaii outplanted 480 fragments with 280 participants at the Disney Aulani Resort. They also held a fragmentation event for the general public and an educational event at Waiamea Bay. 

  • Misool Foundation in Indonesia deployed 100 “spider web” reef frames populated with 2,000 coral fragments to stabilize the reef area and to jump start the restoration process. 

  • Mote Marine Laboratories in Florida returned over 500 corals to the local reefs. 

  • Planhotel & MaRHE Center in Maldives installed one mid-water rope nursery structure and populated it with 350 fragments, cleaned and repaired other nursery structures, took baseline coral cover data for six reef transects, prepared 22 educational “coral cookies” with resort staff, carried out two desert island clean ups, gave two presentations, one coral workshop, served one ocean cocktail, had a screening of one educational documentary and live streamed the UN Oceans Day online event. 

  • Raising Coral Costa Rica conducted a beach clean-up. 

  • Reef Renewal USA outplanted 2,133 coral pieces with the help of three boats and a team of 15 people. The outplants were distributed across Mustique, Tavernier, and Looe Key. 

  • Sheba Hope Grows Collective hosted a virtual outreach event with 50 participants. 

  • University of Miami in Florida outplanted 200 corals. 

 JOIN THE 2024 CORALPALOOZA™ COMMUNITY

Are you a coral warrior? Join the Coralpalooza™ movement and celebrate World Oceans Day with a tidal wave of change for coral reefs. Sign up below!

bottom of page