Saudi Prince Announces 3-year Coral Reef Expedition
His Royal Highness General Khaled bin Sultan, founder and Chairman of the Living Oceans Foundation, announced the formal launch of "Global Reef Expedition: Science Without Borders," the Foundation's three-year coral reef study. The goals of the expedition are to:
- Map and characterize coral reef ecosystems
- Assess major habitat types
- Identify factors that allow coral reefs to resist, survive and recover from major threats
- Determine impacts of climate change
- Identify the reefs' current status and major threats
- Help develop regional and global conservation measures
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