THE WORLD’S FIRST ADVANCED

GLOBAL CORAL RESTORATION ACADEMY

Academy for Coral is working to provide education to create legions of well-trained coral practitioners around the world.  These “Coral Avengers” will be taught the latest science needed to “climate-proof” coral reefs.

The Academy offers courses spanning basic coral reef ecology for lay audiences to advanced training modules for those already working with corals including:

  • A centralized virtual hub of quality science & information that can be accessed freely from any part of the world. 

  • State-of-the-art online and in-water courses.

  • Faculty consisting of the world’s top coral scientists.

  • Access to fellow students and scientists across the planet.

  • A place to mobilize & deploy rapid rescue teams in the event of oil spills or other emergencies that threaten coral reefs.

  • A data bank of photographs from across the world taken by “citizen scientists.”

THE VALUE OF CORAL REEFS

Coral reefs sit at the front lines of climate change. They are valued at up to $9.9 trillion annually and are relied upon by an estimated 1 billion people.

  • COASTAL PROTECTION

    $6B

    of built capital is protected from flooding by coral reefs

  • BIODIVERSITY

    25%

    of marine life is supported by coral reefs

  • TOURISM

    $36B

    Is generated by coral reefs for tourism each year

  • FOOD SECURITY

    2/3

    of protein needed for future generations can be provided by the sea

  • MEDICINE

    >1/2

    of all new cancer drug research focuses on marine organisms

  • EMPLOYMENT

    500M

    jobs are supported by coral reefs