CORAL's work includes aquatic research, educating local communities, and building alliances with governments, agencies, research institutions, and other NGOs to protect coral reefs. CORAL also has a
coral bleaching response network using high-resolution satellite images to monitor coral reefs and bleaching events. CORAL estimates that 90% of the world's coral reefs could undergo annual coral bleaching, and in a
Nature Ecology and Evolution publication, predicts that a significant portion of coral reefs may go extinct without further intervention. CORAL operates at reef regions in
Hawai'i (
Hawai‘i Island and
Maui),
Honduras and
Mexico to maintain clean water, healthy fisheries, and protected habitat. In a March 2023 interview with CORAL employee Javier Pizaña-Alonso, it was reported the organisation is planning to expand operations to
Roatán, Honduras, and
Belize as these are major cruise ship destinations with a large amount of reef tourism. == Finances ==