Uses of corals

There are many uses of coral reefs. However, we shall only look through a few of them today.

Coral reefs are important for many reasons. Most importantly, they provide protection and shelter for many different species of fish. Without coral reefs, these fish are left homeless with nowhere to live and no where to have their babies.Not only do these fish increase the diversity of our world, but also reef fish and mollusks feed between 30 and 40 million people every year. They also make beautiful pets and the money made by catching and selling these animals provides many people with an income so that they can feed their families.

Fish in coral reef

And coral are very important in controlling how much carbon dioxide is in the ocean water. You read earlier about how the coral polyp turns carbon dioxide in the water into a limestone shell. Without coral, the amount of carbon dioxide in the water would rise dramatically and that would affect all living things on Earth. In addition, coral reefs are very important because they protect coasts from strong currents and waves by slowing down the water before it gets to the shore. That is why they are called barrier reefs. They provide a barrier between the ocean and the shore.

The Great Barrier Reef

Appreciation of Coral Reefs

Hello folks! Today, we shall only focus on this topic: Coral Reefs.

Coral Reefs

A diver swimming among fishes living in a coral reef.

A painting of coral reefs

Coral reefs have been our companions for many years and their beauty and uses make our lives interesting and wonderful. Divers have visited these corals for many years. However, will they be able to do so in the coming years? Coral reefs are slowly being destroyed and we must help to conserve them. Our blog has been set for this purpose, to educate the younger generation and encourage them to conserve marine life. Let us work to the goal of saving marine life!

REEF RELIEF- Achievements

Their Major Achievements During the Past 20 Years includes the...

• Coral Reef Conservation Program: A program that educates Florida residents and visitors and others around the world on the benefits and methods of protecting the reef ecosystem.

• Guanaja, Bay Islands, Honduras Project: A program launched by Reef Relief in cooperation with the Guanaja Tourism association, installed 36 reef mooring buoys to protect the fragile coral reefs surrounding the island of Guanaja, a popular dive destination off the coast of Honduras.

• Key West Reef Mooring Buoy Program:This campaign was launched to protect Key West's coral reefs from the enormous local fleet of charter boats by installing and maintaining 116 mooring buoys at six Key West-area coral reefs for a period of 10 years. This was also the largest privately-maintained system in the world.

PROTECT Coral Reefs!!!

There are many endangered coral reefs out there, dying because the water is polluted. This is why Reef relief was set up.

Reef Relief was founded in Key West, Florida, in 1987 by Craig Quirolo, who was then a charterboat captain and is currently Reef Relief’s Director of Marine and International Projects.

Today, REEF RELIEF is one of the world’s leading grassroots, non-profit coral reef membership organizations and has achieved numerous awards and recognitions for its efforts.

REEF RELIEF is...

• a nonprofit membership organization,which is ...


• dedicated to Preserve and Protect Living Coral Reef Ecosystems through...


• local, regional and global efforts.

Reef Relief's mission is to:

	Increase public awareness of the importance and value of living coral reef ecosystems
	Increase scientific understanding and knowledge of living coral reef ecosystems
	Strengthen grassroots community-based efforts to protect coral reef ecosystems
	Design, develop, and help implement marine protected areas associated with coral reef ecosystem
	Encourage and support eco-tourism as part of sustainable community development that protects and preserves coral reef ecosystems
	Strengthen our organizational capacity to carry out our mission

2008 - IYOR (International Year Of The Reef)

2008 has been designated as the International Year of The Reef. People all around the world gather to celebrate this event ad many organisations are having activities to educate and teach people about the importance of coral reefs.

The setting up of this blog was a conjunction to the IYOR and we have the same vision as the IYOR Committee - to educate the young and old about these wonderful creations of nature and teach them the importance of conserving coral reefs.

We have forgotten to inform all readers in our previous blog that we are students from Singapore working on this blog as hopefuls of a blog competition organised by UWS (Underwater World Singapore). In setting up this blog, we also hope to learn about the coral reefs of our world...

Once again, we sincerely hope to gather the public's opinion on coral reefs by requesting that you participate in the polls so that we can explore deeper into the wonderful of coral reefs.

Thank You.

Keith Lee, Bryan Ong and Chua Ting Wei of Tao Nan School, Singapore

Save The Coral Reefs

Welcome everyone to this website on saving the coral reefs.

The Coral Reefs are home and shelter to some of the world's most amazing creatures. Sadly, mankind is destroying them and with them will go the fishes that inhabit them. The purpose of this website is to teach and encourage people, to save the coral reefs and protect one of nature's most beautiful creations.

While viewing this blog, you can see some websites linked to this page, do not worry as they have been scanned and are Virus Free. We also have polls and quizzes to test your knowledge on the coral reefs and I hope you will have a good time learning from this website.

Thank You