Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor yet provide habitat for 25% of all marine species making them amongst the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth.  Since the 1970’s 80% of the main reef building coral in the Caribbean has died.  People rely on coral reefs for food, jobs, flood protection and development of new medicines.  The Coral Conservation Society works to raise awareness of the need to restore and conserve coral.  We participate in coral larval propagation research and active reef restoration of endangered Acropora coral on the Mesoamerican Reef off the Caribbean coast of Mexico.