How We Can Restore Coral Reefs.

This article focuses on a call by Marc Benioff and Ed Russo for a coordinated global effort to restore coral-reef health, emphasizing its critical role in marine ecosystems and coastal protection. They highlight the urgent threats to coral reefs from rising temperatures, pollution, overfishing, and coastal development, and propose actionable solutions such as improving wastewater infrastructure, scaling coral restoration science, reducing plastic pollution, promoting sustainable fishing, and restoring coastal habitats like mangroves and seagrass meadows. Drawing parallels to the Trillion Trees initiative, they argue that focused, nature-based interventions can unite diverse stakeholders and provide measurable progress in ocean conservation. The article underscores the importance of international collaboration, particularly in the context of the United Nations Ocean Conference, to address these pressing environmental challenges.