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SECORE International
SECORE International, Inc. is a leading conservation organization for the restoration of coral reefs. With sound science as the basis of our work, findings and developed methods are translated into innovative technologies and tools to implement reef restoration at much larger scales than currently possible.
We have established a global network of scientists, authorities, partners, and stakeholders. We share our knowledge in training events and workshops, and mentor our partners for implementing innovative methods and technologies on-site: Implementation Partner Program.
Our focus is to work with breeding corals – Coral Seeding, enabling us to get huge numbers of coral babies by collecting coral germ cells during natural spawning events on the reef, while supporting the corals’ genetic diversity and consequently promoting reef resilience at the same time. We develop tools to raise corals without the need for sophisticated land-based facilities and to bring them back to the wild in more efficient ways. We are dedicated to giving coral reefs a fighting chance for the future!
SECORE’s vision is a world where thriving coral reefs support healthy oceans for future generations.
SECORE’s mission is to create and share the tools and technologies to sustainably restore coral reefs.
Like a healthy coral reef, SECORE thrives best with diversity.
SECORE International is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
SECORE International
Coral Heroes, a lively science comic about coral reef ecology and the Coral Seeding approach; to be downloaded from our website as web formats and printing files (free to use) in nine languages: Download here
- Applying coral breeding to reef restoration: best practices, knowledge gaps, and priority actions in a rapidly evolving field. 2023, Restoration Ecology. Banaszak et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13913
- Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reefs restoration worldwide. 2021, Restoration Ecology. Vardi et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13498
- Settlement yields in large-scale in situ culture of Caribbean coral larvae for restoration. 2021, Restoration Ecology. Miller et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13512
- Rebuilding Coral Reefs: A Decadal Grand Challenge. 2021, International Coral Reef Society and Future Earth Coasts, 56 pp. Knowlton et al. https://doi.org/10.53642/NRKY9386
- New Seeding Approach Reduces Costs and Time to Outplant Sexually Propagated Corals for Reef Restoration. 2017, Nature, Scientific Reports. Chamberland et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17555-z
- A comparison of in situ and on-vessel larval rearing for coral seeding. 2025, Restoration Ecology. Randall et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.70001?af=R
- Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event. 2024, PLOS one, Millet at al. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0309719
- he sea urchin Diadema antillarum facilitates recruitment of the Critically Endangered Caribbean coral species Acropora palmata. 2024, Inter-Research Science Publisher, Latijnhouwers et al. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v746/p35-48
- Optimizing in vitro fertilization in four Caribbean coral species. 2025, PEER J, Chamberland et al. https://peerj.com/articles/18918/
- Special Coral Reef Issue of the ECO Magazine, in cooperation with the ICRS 2021, featuring the article Growing Corals – our work lively explained based on notes from the field. http://digital.ecomagazine.com/publication/frame.php?i=664239&p=118&pn=&ver=html5
- Laboratory-bred corals reproduce in the wild – New hope for endangered corals: Scientists take an important step towards sustainable restoration of Caribbean reefs. 2016, EurekaAlert!. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/641265
- Propagated corals reveal increased resistance to bleaching across the Caribbean during the fatal heatwave of 2023. 2024, EurekaAlert!. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1057398
Last Updated: 3 April 2025