Mary Kay celebrated Ocean’s Week by reaffirming its decades-long partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to support ocean conservation and coral reef protection.
Coral reefs are often referred to as the rainforests of the sea. They cover less than 1% of the world’s surface area but support 25% of all marine life and over one billion people.
Mary Kay is a signatory to the UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles, and supports experts from TNC, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and Stanford University as they lead a collaborative effort to discover the secrets of “super reefs”. Super reefs make up a diverse coral community within a reef system that is more resistant or resilient to damaging heatwaves – in efforts to predict, prove, and protect critical coral reefs.
Mary Kay’s continued support of TNC’s Global Oceans and Super Reefs programs allows researchers to assess reef health, identify potential super reef locations, and discuss opportunities to improve reef management locally.
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