SECORE

SECORE
Founded2002
FounderRotterdam Zoo
Dr. Dirk Petersen
FocusCoral reef conservation
Methodresearch
education
outreach
restoration
Key people
Dr. Dirk Petersen
Mike Brittsan, M.Sc.
Websitehttp://www.secore.org

SECORE (SExual COral REproduction) is an international non-profit organization focused on coral reef conservation. The group has over sixty supporters in North America, Europe and Japan, and comprises public aquariums, institutes, and universities. Founded in 2001 at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands, the organization has been developing methods of captive coral reproduction and preservation, citing studies that have predicted coral reefs could be extinct within decades due to climate change.