Coral Biorepository Alliance

Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia

Great Barrier Reef Legacy is an innovative leader in collaborative coral reef research expeditions, education, stewardship and multi-media engagement.

Hawaii, USA

Scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are part of the Coral Biobank Alliance, a global network of coral experts preserving corals for restoration and research. The group manages a system of coral biobanks, where biological samples of coral are stored; and coral nurseries, where corals are grown.

Florida, USA

The AZA SAFE Coral Program’s goal is for all threatened and endangered corals to begin to recover throughout their natural range to where they experience successful natural reproduction and recruitment. The SAFE Coral Program membership is composed of coral conservation collaborators from the Association of Zoos and Aquarium, universities and academic institutions, research, and government agencies. They leverage their combined skills, expertise and resources to make significant conservation impact. The Florida Reef Tract Rescue Project is a project of the SAFE Coral Program. It is an AZA member-driven coral rescue and conservation network focused on the rescue, housing and future propagation of Florida corals affected by stony coral tissue loss disease. https://www.safecoral.org/ Bfirchau@safecoral.org

City Island, Sarasota, Florida, USA

Mote’s primary research campus encompassing 10.5 acres on City Island, Sarasota.

Mote Aquaculture Research Park, Sarasota County, Florida, USA

Mote's unique, large-scale, land-based, living coral genetic bank where dozens of coral genotypes (genetic varieties) of all coral species can be stored in triplicate.

Key Largo, Florida Keys, USA

The Key Largo Coral Nursery, situated on the property of the Reefhouse Resort & Marina is a satellite campus of Mote’s primary Florida Keys location: the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration on Summerland Key.

Islamorada, Florida Keys, USA

The Islamorada Coral Nursery, situated on the property of the famed Bud n’ Mary’s Marina on Upper Matecumbe Key, is a satellite campus of Mote’s primary Florida Keys location: the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration on Summerland Key.

Summerland Key, Florida, USA

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration (IC2R3) is a fully equipped marine science facility dedicated to marine research and education in the Florida Keys.

Monaco

The thermal adaptation of corals is estimated at around 0.4°C per decade. Unfortunately, this rate is insufficient, and many coral species are expected to disappear in the coming decades. Faced with this urgency, the Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM) and the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco have decided to create a Global Coral Conservatory. The main objective of this Conservatory is to mobilize the international community of public aquariums in order to maintain the greatest possible diversity of coral species and thus prevent their disappearance. Ultimately, the Global Coral Conservatory could host up to 1,000 species, representing around two-thirds of the coral species found on the planet. This “Noah’s Ark” for corals can only be achieved thanks to the unique expertise of the public aquarium community in coral cultivation and the facilities they possess. This experience, of which the Oceanographic Institute was one of the pioneers, has been developed over more than twenty years and will help ensure the maintenance and propagation of the species collected for the Conservatory. The partners of the Global Coral Conservatory are therefore actively committed to the preservation of coral reefs. The colonies maintained in the different institutions will be propagated through fragmentation, so that these species may eventually be reintroduced into the natural environment if this proves possible and necessary, under scientific supervision. The Global Coral Conservatory also brings together several scientific organizations and is part of an international network working for coral conservation. These partnerships will make it possible to conduct studies on the assisted evolution of corals, in order to help them better cope with climate change.

Saudi Arabia

Address: Haddah Beach, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia Website: https://www.kaust.edu.sa/html/reefscape/ The KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative (KCRI) is the world’s largest coral reef restoration program, dedicated to restoring, enhancing, and preserving the unique coral reef ecosystems of the Red Sea. This groundbreaking initiative, supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), utilizes cutting-edge technology, scientific research, and strategic partnerships, including a collaboration with NEOM, to ensure a sustainable marine environment for future generations.

St. Petersburg, Florida

Sydney, Australia

https://taronga.org.au/

Port Douglas Superyacht Marina, North Queensland Australia

Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia

This was a project led by Great Barrier Reef Legacy with the ultimate goal of improving the accuracy, reliability and usefulness of citizen science programs on the Great Barrier Reef.