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Scientists Highlight The Importance Of Protecting Egypt’s Coral Reefs
[November 18th, 2022] - " An international team of scientists has published a letter in Science magazine highlighting the importance of preserving Egypt’s 1800km/1120 miles of coral reefs..."
Saving Egypt’s Coral Reefs is Necessary to Preserve Oceans’ Ecosystems
[November 10th, 2022] - "An international group of marine scientists led by Karine Kleinhaus, of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), has published a letter in Science that is a call to action for policy makers, government agencies and ocean conservation groups to take major steps to preserve Egypt’s 1800 km of coral reefs ..."
China's Surprisingly Robust System of Marine Protection - Hakai Magazine
[January 5th, 2022] - "A new study by an international team of scientists led by Ellen Pikitch from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), provides the first comprehensive and publicly available database of area-based marine conservation in China’s waters..."
Study Provides First-Time Data on China's Marine Conservation
[12 November, 2021 - "A new study by an international team of scientists led by Ellen Pikitch from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), provides the first comprehensive and publicly available database of area-based marine conservation in China’s waters..."
Global Fund for Coral Reefs Board Endorses 10-Year Investment Plan
[New York, 29 June 2021] - " At its second meeting, the Executive Board of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) approved funds to support the development of a blue economy regional programme in four Mesoamerican Reef countries..."
First Place - Words on Water 2020 hosted by the BLUE Institute
The Global Fund for Coral Reefs approves first round of programming
[New York, March 10th 2021] – The first round of funding approved by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) covers proposals from six countries including a USD $4.7M proposal led by the UN Fiji Country Office, “Investing in Coral Reefs and the Blue Economy.”
How much is a clam worth to a coastal community?
Phys.org - February 24, 2021 - Researchers have developed a method to estimate the value of oyster and clam aquaculture to nitrogen reduction in a coastal community...