VIDEO: Coral Reefs - Polyps in Peril

A WRI Animated Video about the Unique Biology and Value of Coral Reefs

Animation: Jim Toomey
Narrator: Céline Cousteau

Céline Cousteau highlights the importance of coral reefs to people – providing food and medicine, protecting the shoreline, and attracting tourists – as well as the threats that reefs face due to overfishing, pollution and climate change.

The video also explores what individuals can do to help save coral reefs, including buying from sustainable seafood providers, using sustainable tourism providers, reducing their CO₂ footprint and supporting reef conservation.