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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Shari Regenbogen | Feb 17, 2022 | Coral, Restoration and Protection
February 2022 In 2018 along with a group of divers from A-1 Scuba I traveled to Curaçao to get certified in coral restoration with Ocean Encounters. We participated in their restoration project in the underwater nursery of Reef Renewal Curaçao, outplanting...
by Shari Regenbogen | Dec 21, 2021 | Coral, Critters
Returning to Curaçao Take 4 You know how when you’re just getting into something and you see references to that in every article, newsfeed and blog post? That’s how it’s been this year for me. Coral, coral, coral reefs everywhere. It’s not just my heightened...
by Shari Regenbogen | Sep 20, 2021 | Coral
Beginning March 2020 the Covid pandemic forced closings of businesses, organizationsand borders and the ripple effect was felt across the globe by people, animals, land andmarine ecosystems. Travel stopped. As disappointing as this was I wondered, what would the...
by Shari Regenbogen | Feb 11, 2021 | Coral
Marine Park Areas A marine park area (MPA) is a designated area of sea set aside as a sanctuary for marine life and coral to thrive. These parks define an area of ecological sustainability, promote marine awareness and understanding, enable marine recreational...
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