Coral reefs are some of the most valuable and spectacular places on earth. Coral reefs are valuable assets providing food, jobs, protection from storms and billions of dollars in revenues each year to local communities and national economies. Coral reefs are in crisis. Reef ecosystems are now being rapidly degraded and destroyed worldwide by a variety of human activities. The coral reef crisis threatens the survival of these valuable and ancient marine ecosystems, and the communities and economies that depend on them.
Coral reefs are some of the most valuable and spectacular places on earth.