The Reef Conservancy
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The Story

Where IT BEGAN
The Reef Conservancy is the NGO-branch of Reef Support B.V. to execute and fund projects related to marine protection, specifically coral reef restoration, reef monitoring and educational programs.
ACTIVITIES
Land-based coral farms integrate breakthrough methods to accelerate coral growth up to 50 times (using the technique of micro-fragmentation) while enhancing their resiliency to warming and acidifying oceans (assisted evolution). In micro-fragmentation the corals will be cut into smaller polyps, which stimulates tissue growth. Because of this the corals can grow up to 50 times as fast as in their natural habitats.

Depending on farm size, hundreds of thousands or millions of corals can be grown from each site annually. For perspective, the largest existing coral farming project (which only grows fast-growing species without enhanced resiliency on dependent on a single grant for funding) grew 40,000 corals one time. If deployed at scale, this contribution can preserve coral reefs from destruction and extinction until meaningful climate change mitigation measures are enacted.

Coral Lab

Coral reefs are exceptionally valuable; they provide food, livelihoods and economic opportunity to more than half a billion people in over 100 countries; they are also teeming with life, hosting a quarter of all known marine species. Nearly 200 million people depend on coral reefs to protect them from storm surges and waves. Increased acidification, pollution, fishing and other forms of coastal activities all impact our fuure of our coral reefs.

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Wish to help?

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Visit the Lab and take a Dive!

At the lab, we host an array of activities including recreational, educational and restorative programs. On a daily basis, the lab has to be maintained so it can be open to public that is open for visitation. For current schedules and bookings, please follow the link below to email us.

Are you interested in doing a 3 - 6 month hands-on internship in Lombok? Please contact our team for internship availabilities.

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Coral Lab

Coral reefs are exceptionally valuable; they provide food, livelihoods and economic opportunity to more than half a billion people in over 100 countries; they are also teeming with life, hosting a quarter of all known marine species. Nearly 200 million people depend on coral reefs to protect them from storm surges and waves. Increased acidification, pollution, fishing and other forms of coastal activities all impact our fuure of our coral reefs.

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Adopt-a-coral

The lab grows hundreds of corals each year, some of which you can be proud of to call your own! The adoption fees go directly to the local organization that maintains the labs and plans restoration dives to build the reef in Indonesia, coral by coral.

We invite you to join us in protecting the world's coral reefs. By adopting coral fragments to be grown and out-planted into degraded reefs, you can help in the effort to preserve these endangered ecosystems for future generations.

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