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THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE PROJECT SITES WORLDWIDE
THEIR APPROACH TO SAVING CORAL REEFS: The Coral Reef Sustainable Destination (CRSD) model represents CORAL's strategic approach to coral conservation. The goal of the CRSD model is to measurably increase the capacity of marine recreation providers, reef managers, and local communities to work collaboratively towards coral reef conservation. Upon completion of work, destinations will have the fundamental skills and capacity to implement effective and financially sustainable coral conservation strategies. CORAL's comprehensive CRSD model establishes six
broad indicators to measure the sustainability of Their unique approach of engaging local communities through education, building cooperative alliances among stakeholders, and implementing conservation programs strives to move each site along this continuum. Key indicators of progress towards each objective allows CORAL researchers to identify program success.
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THE
CORAL REEF ALLIANCE (CORAL) is a member-supported, non-profit
organization, dedicated to protecting the health of coral reefs by
integrating ecosystem management, sustainable tourism, and community
partnerships. CORAL works with communities to identify and solve
conservation challenges; changes attitudes and behavior through
education and training; provides resources to strengthen conservation
efforts; and creates incentives for sustainable tourism.
THE SCOPE
OF CORAL is international and extends globally. Programs currently
operate in six geographic project sites: Mexico, Belize, Honduras,
Hawaii, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea. While high biodiversity and the
presence of marine tourism play a big part in identifying potential
project sites, a good deal more is involved in their analysis. Site
selection is determined by evaluating potential destinations for
political stability and safety, type of threats, funding availability,
local support for marine protected area, and the presence of potential
conservation partner organizations.
the destination, along with five levels of conservation capacity that
can be observed and measured. Prior to working with a site, CORAL
identifies a coral destination's existing capacity to achieve objectives
along a continuum of increasing sustainability.
