Coral Guardian is a French non-profit organization founded in 2012 that aims to protect and restore coral ecosystems by empowering coastal communities worldwide, integrating sustainable community development while leveraging social and economic impact through the preservation and enhancement of marine ecosystems.

Their approaches are multiple:  

They develop participatory coral conservation programs, local and international outreach programs and scientific protocols to study each restoration program and contribute to the knowledge of coral ecosystems.

- Participatory coral conservation 🐠

They collaborate with local communities (fishermen, divers...) to implement community-led coral reef restoration projects. This is done through project design support as well as joint definition and training of restocking and monitoring techniques adapted to local contexts. This allows each local community to act against the degradation of coral ecosystems and to observe and measure the response of the restored ecosystem to their interventions.

- They build capacity with their Blue Center program 📚

Through their Blue Center program, they bring to local structures support and training in marine ecology, in developing the social dimension of a restoration project, and in project financing. Through this program, they accompany local structures in the development of restoration and protection projects for corals around the world.

The objective? 

-> Become a learning center to support other project holders located in the same region, and help share their experiences and empower others and younger generations.

- They create awareness programs.

They develop tools and awareness programs at the local and international level to share knowledge about the importance of coral ecosystems and the threats they face around the world.

- And at the scientific level:

They follow a scientific approach to describe the biological and social impact of each restoration project and improve techniques. This, by defining in collaboration with local actors the monitoring protocols, as well as field experiments on restoration methods. The objective is to contribute to the scientific knowledge of coral ecosystems and their restoration, according to the interests and needs of local communities.

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