Coral Cay Conservation

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Coral Cay Conservation is a conservation organisation whose aim is to "provide resources to help sustain livelihoods and alleviate poverty through the protection, restoration and management of coral reefs and tropical forests".

Their mission is to protect the environment by working closely with local communities to survey some of the world's most endangered coral reefs and tropical rain forests.

Their President is Professor David Bellamy.

Coral Cay Conservation is an official partner of Project AWARE, the dive industry's leading non-profit organisation committed to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action.

Quick guide to Coral Cay Conservation (CCC)
- CCC runs expeditions to collect scientific information that is used to produce habitat maps and provide management recommendations.
- CCC has been organising conservation expeditions since 1986.
- CCC currently has coral reef expeditions in Tobago and the Philippines and forest expeditions in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
- CCC does not charge the countries in which it operates. CCC is invited by host countries to assist with existing conservation strategies.
- CCC is largely financed by volunteers who pay to participate in an expedition for anything from 1 week+ (no maximum).
- Volunteers come from a range of different backgrounds and from ages 16 to 70+.
- Volunteers require no scientific background and are trained on–site in marine or terrestrial ecology and survey techniques.
- Volunteers with no dive experience or qualifications are trained to PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
- CCC offers PADI dive training up to and including Divemaster.
- CCC has been recognised for its outstanding safety record and procedures.
- CCC actively promotes and provides education in tropical ecology and conservation.

Coral Cay's aims and principles

Coral Cay Conservation provides resources to help sustain livelihoods and alleviate poverty through the protection, restoration and management of coral reefs and tropical forests.

- By providing the technical and financial support that developing countries need in order to produce conservation management plans for threatened reefs and forests.
- By training international volunteers and host-country partners to gather, interpret and monitor the data that's so crucial for effective conservation.
- By working with host-country governments and other organisations to encourage education and sustainable livelihood opportunities in local communities