Coral Reef Alliance

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Coral Reef Alliance

Founder(s)	Stephan Colwell
Type	Charitable trust
Founded	1994 Berkeley, California
Headquarters	San Francisco, California
Key people	Brian Huse, Executive Director
Focus	Environmentalism
Employees	16
Members	7,000
Slogan	Working together to keep coral reefs alive
Website	www.coral.org

The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, CA that partners with local reef communities around the world to protect coral reefs. CORAL was founded in Berkeley, CA in 1994 by Stephan Colwell,^[1] and is currently headed by Brian Huse. With 20% of the world's coral reefs already destroyed and another 50% at immediate risk or threatened due to human pressures,^[2] organizations like CORAL are addressing an urgent need in the global ecosystem.

As of 2007, CORAL has 16 employees and 8 international project sites around the world: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System--spanning Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras-- as well as Hawaii, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the archipeligo of Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

[edit] Mission Statement

The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is a member-supported, non-profit organization, dedicated to keeping coral reefs alive by integrating ecosystem management, sustainable tourism, and community partnerships.