Restore coral reefs
Welcome to the lungs of the sea, where endless creatures take refuge on.
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Coral Restoration
Focused on growing corals in Indonesia, this project includes transplantation, maintenance, and monitoring— all while engaging local youth.
Featured projects
Indonesia
Supported efforts to restore the Coral Triangle, a biodiversity hotspot in the western Pacific Ocean, and help the local community develop an ecotourism-based blue economy.
Spain
Supported efforts to restore cold-water corals off the coast of Granada as part of the Deep Coral Restoration initiative to safeguard the unique coral reef ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea.
Indonesia
We enabled efforts to train former fishermen to transplant healthy corals onto degraded corals around Hatamin Island to address the degradation from overfishing and dynamite fishing practices.
Our coral partners
Your boots on the ground
Maria McDonough
Development Coordinator
Coral Reef Alliance
“Our partnership with Dots.eco has enabled us to take bigger and better strides in our mission to protect coral reefs from direct threats such as overfishing and insufficient governance of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Western Caribbean. With Dots.eco, we are growing awareness…Thank you for helping us help the oceans.”
Coral reefs FAQ
Why is protecting coral reefs important?
Preserving coral reefs is essential as they act as a buffer for shorelines and coastal communities, create habitats for marine organisms, and provide an economic value of approximately $16.1 billion annually under healthy conditions. Coral reefs also play an important role in marine biodiversity, with an estimated quarter of all marine species dependent on them for their habitat. They benefit directly or indirectly the livelihoods of around 1 billion people worldwide.
How does coral restoration work?
The projects we fund have a primary focus on coral restoration. Funds go mainly to transplanting corals and regenerating reefs degraded by dynamite fishing in the area, as well as improving the living conditions of the populations that depend on the reefs.
Where is your impact done?
Our partners use various methods for coral reef restoration, such as coral propagation, coral transplantation, and coral gardening. Coral propagation involves growing new coral colonies in a controlled environment before transplanting them to the reef. Coral transplantation involves taking small pieces of coral from a healthy reef and attaching them to a damaged area of the reef. Finally, coral gardening involves growing coral in nurseries and then transplanting them to the reef.
How can I be sure that habitat is protected effectively?
Our coral reef preservation efforts are done in Asia, Europe, and Central America. You can scroll to the beginning of the page to find our locations map. We aim to expand our locations of action in many different countries as coral reef restoration impacts humanity’s efforts at a social and environmental level significantly, apart from the importance of preserving them for the wellbeing and heritage of our marine ecosystem.
