{"id":2488,"date":"2026-01-20T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/club17curacao.com\/?post_type=local&#038;p=2488"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T21:35:30","slug":"branch-coral-foundation","status":"publish","type":"local","link":"https:\/\/club17curacao.com\/nl\/local-impact-initiatives\/branch-coral-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"BRANCH Coral Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BRANCH Coral Foundation \u2013 Herstel van riffen, bescherming van de toekomst van Cura\u00e7ao<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De BRANCH Coral Foundation speelt een belangrijke rol in de bescherming van de koraalriffen van Cura\u00e7ao door middel van praktische restauratie, educatie en betrokkenheid van de lokale gemeenschap. De organisatie richt zich op het versterken van koraalecosystemen die essentieel zijn voor kustbescherming, toerisme, visserij en de culturele identiteit van het eiland.<\/p>\n<p>De BRANCH Coral Foundation gebruikt koraalkweek om beschadigde riffen te helpen herstellen. Gezonde koraalfragmenten worden in onderwaterkwekerijen gekweekt totdat ze sterk genoeg zijn om op natuurlijke riffen te worden uitgeplant. Deze methode draagt \u200b\u200bdirect bij aan mondiale doelstellingen zoals <strong>SDG 14 Leven onder water<\/strong>, <strong>SDG 13 Klimaatactie<\/strong> en <strong>SDG 12 Verantwoorde consumptie en productie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>De stichting beschikt over koraalkwekerijen met meer dan 100 vierkante meter bloeiend koraal, voert jaarlijks meer dan 4.000 uitplantingen uit en heeft een overlevingspercentage van meer dan 90 procent. Deze resultaten tonen aan dat grootschalig herstel mogelijk is wanneer de gemeenschap, vrijwilligers en partners samenwerken aan de bescherming van het mariene milieu van Cura\u00e7ao.<\/p>\n<p>BRANCH inspireert zowel lokale als internationale gemeenschappen om deel te nemen aan herstelprojecten. Vrijwilligers, met name duikers, worden aangemoedigd om mee te werken aan het onderhoud van de kwekerijen, het uitplanten van koraal en bewustwordingsacties zoals het <a href=\"https:\/\/club17curacao.com\/nl\/branch-coral-foundation-fundraiser-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coral Happy Hour Fundraiser<\/a>. Educatieve voorlichting vormt een centraal onderdeel van de missie van de stichting.<\/p>\n<p>Door natuurbescherming, onderzoek en participatie van de gemeenschap te combineren, laat de BRANCH Coral Foundation zien hoe lokale actie de riffen van Cura\u00e7ao kan beschermen, de klimaatbestendigheid kan bevorderen en gezonde oceanen voor toekomstige generaties kan garanderen.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u260e\ufe0f <strong>Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\n\ud83d\udc64 BRANCH Coral Foundation<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83d\udce7 <a href=\"mailto:info@branchcoralfoundation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@branchcoralfoundation.com<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83c\udf10 <a href=\"https:\/\/branchcoralfoundation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.branchcoralfoundation.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2129\" src=\"https:\/\/club17curacao.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Logo-Branch.png\" alt=\"Logo Branch Coral Foundation Cura\u00e7ao\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2126,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[35,42],"tags":[86,114],"class_list":["post-2488","local","type-local","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-4-quality-education-nl","category-14-life-below-water-nl","tag-non-profit","tag-initiative"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BRANCH Coral Foundation - Club17 Cura\u00e7ao<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"De BRANCH Coral Foundation herstelt de koraalriffen van Cura\u00e7ao door middel van koraaltuinen, educatie en betrokkenheid van de lokale gemeenschap. 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