WiserEarth Editors
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As active community members, we would like to make this group into a gathering point where we can work together to transform WiserEarth.org into an effective platform of support for the global community of concerned citizens and organizations who are working to create a more just and sustainable world.
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Created: Nov 20, 2007
Updated: Mar 20, 2010
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Our Mission: To protect coral reef ecosystems through the promotion and maintenance of day-use moorings, marine education, monitoring and research of select natural and artificial coral reefs, and providing boat support to other nonprofit organizations and government agencies engaged in marine research, conservation and education.
Our Vision: To form strategic alliances with other organizations, commercial operators, and government agencies involved in marine research, conservation and education and to deliver a greater benefit and value to government, our partners, and the general public.
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Day Moorings
In Hawaii, the American Reef Coalition is working with government agencies, other nonprofits and commercial operators to acquire new state permits for day-use mooring installation and create a mooring maintenance program to ensure that the moorings we currently have are in top condition.
Monitoring & Research
The worlds coral reefs have been dubbed “the rainforests of the sea” because of the abundance and diversity of marine life.
Coral reefs are the second most diverse and biologically complex ecosystems on earth. They provide economic and environmental services to millions of people through recreation, sources of food, jobs, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and shoreline protection.
An estimated 10% of the world’s reefs have already been lost and 60% are threatened, mainly through a variety of human activities.
By monitoring coral reefs, the cause and effect equation can be solved and steps can be taken to reduce the damaging effects of human impact on this immensely significant resource for our planet.
Marine Education
It is estimated that 40 percent of the world’s coral reef ecosystems are very likely to degrade, perhaps even beyond recovery, by the year 2015.
The main anthropogenic causes are: waste disposal, pollution, sedimentation, over-fishing, coral mining, anchor damage, tourism and curio collection.
Through education we can reverse this trend!
In Hawaii, the American Reef Coalition contributes to the University of Hawaii, Maui Community College, Marine Option Programs through a donation to their scholarship program and by offering free boat support and qualified crew for in-field marine studies.
Our Vision: To form strategic alliances with other organizations, commercial operators, and government agencies involved in marine research, conservation and education and to deliver a greater benefit and value to government, our partners, and the general public.
Categories
Day Moorings
In Hawaii, the American Reef Coalition is working with government agencies, other nonprofits and commercial operators to acquire new state permits for day-use mooring installation and create a mooring maintenance program to ensure that the moorings we currently have are in top condition.
Monitoring & Research
The worlds coral reefs have been dubbed “the rainforests of the sea” because of the abundance and diversity of marine life.
Coral reefs are the second most diverse and biologically complex ecosystems on earth. They provide economic and environmental services to millions of people through recreation, sources of food, jobs, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and shoreline protection.
An estimated 10% of the world’s reefs have already been lost and 60% are threatened, mainly through a variety of human activities.
By monitoring coral reefs, the cause and effect equation can be solved and steps can be taken to reduce the damaging effects of human impact on this immensely significant resource for our planet.
Marine Education
It is estimated that 40 percent of the world’s coral reef ecosystems are very likely to degrade, perhaps even beyond recovery, by the year 2015.
The main anthropogenic causes are: waste disposal, pollution, sedimentation, over-fishing, coral mining, anchor damage, tourism and curio collection.
Through education we can reverse this trend!
In Hawaii, the American Reef Coalition contributes to the University of Hawaii, Maui Community College, Marine Option Programs through a donation to their scholarship program and by offering free boat support and qualified crew for in-field marine studies.
