Cuba, Coral and Trump
Writing and photography by David Helvarg I was scheduled to visit a coral restoration project off Guanahcabibes National Park, a world-class biosphere reserve in western Cuba. Then I found out the only small …
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Category: Stories from the Sea
Marine Conservation Society’s Sea Kayak Challenge with Nick and Phillipa Arding
The grass roots efforts of people who advocate for marine conservation through adventuring are helping to raise awareness to create change all over the world. By Kevin Majoros The Marine …
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Haiti and a path for conservation
Haiti is a country filled with rich art, colonial architecture, and white sand beaches. With over 1,500 km of coastline that once consisted of mangroves, sea grass beds, coral reefs, …
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Identifying the best coral gardening technique to revive reefs
By Andrew Bruckner, Georgia Coward, Coral Reef CPR The most devastating coral bleaching event affecting reefs worldwide unfolded between 2015 and2017. Over 80% of the world’s reefs bleached, triggering massive coral die-offs. …
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Freediving for Marine Conservation with Tara Abrina
Story by Kevin Majoros Networking is often used to enlighten people to fresh ideas and to extend a circle of support. If it is done well, it can open new …
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Ocean plastic pollution: under the magnifying glass in Chile.
Workshops held for science teachers and students in Valdivia, Chile. Professors and teachers had the opportunity to be part of the Workshop “Microplásticos: the oceanic trip of garbage”, in the Coastal …
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You know it is time for a cleanup.
You pass trash every day. Most likely it did not come from you but we should all do our part to pick up for the rest of humanity. Sometimes there …
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Local Citizens Leading Coral Restoration Effort in St. Lucia
I am staying in the small village of Soufriere on the western side of St. Lucia, an island in the eastern Caribbean. I arrived on St. Lucia’s Independence Day, a …
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Pass on Parrotfish to Save Caribbean Reefs
Parrotfish are severely overfished throughout the Caribbean and it’s vital to coral reef health that we leave parrotfish on the reef. Recently, social media has aided the spread of awareness …
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Finding solutions to the global coral reef crisis: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs
Tropical nations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans rely on healthy coral reefs for food, jobs, revenue from tourism and fisheries, and protection from rising sea levels and intensifying storms. …
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