Restoration and Protection Archives

Is your sunscreen truly Reef Safe?

by Shari Regenbogen | Aug 15, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection

There’s a lot of confusion in the way products are marketed and labeled. The recent surge of clean products and mineral sunscreens has been accompanied by the labels “reef friendly” and “reef safe.” The truth is neither of these terms is officially regulated and...

Protecting Natural Resources in Roatan (3 minute read)

by Shari Regenbogen | May 9, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection

A visit with Roatan Institute of Marine Sciences There are people, deeply invested in and connected to where they live, and, their connection extends to conservation, protection and preservation of that place. The people who started and run Roatan Institute of Marine...

How is Coral Restoration Done? (6 minute read)

by Shari Regenbogen | Apr 14, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection

This morning, while talking about coral restoration with a non diver, questions came up that I want to answer. Are corals individuals or groups? Corals are colonies of individual animals that live together in light and nutrient filled waters, in an area that runs...

Coral Crusaders – Scuba Diving with purpose (5 minute read)

by Shari Regenbogen | Mar 22, 2022 | Restoration and Protection, Travels

The Coral Crusaders are NOT the name of a rock band, but they are rock stars: ordinary scuba divers, participating in the defense of reefs with superpowers to preserve and restore corals! Across the oceans of the world, there are regional and global factors profoundly...

Mesoamerican Reef Roatan, Honduras (5 minute read)

by Shari Regenbogen | Mar 21, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection, Travels

Coral Reef Ecology Roatan is located in the Bay Islands of Honduras, 35 miles off the mainland coast, and sits on the Mesoamerican reef system – the worlds second largest. The Mesoamerican reef is a main economic driver in Roatan as the mountainous island is not well...

André, Coral Crusader (4 minute read)

by Shari Regenbogen | Feb 20, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection

More than 80% of nonprofits rely on volunteers to work in their organizations, using these non-paid workers to supplement other human and fiscal resources. André, a local diver has been volunteering with Reef Renewal Curaçao (RRC) since 2016, going twice a week...