CORDAP - How to fight a lethal disease (Episode 1)

When a lethal disease with no cure spreads through reefs, killing colony after colony, scientists have no choice but to focus all their efforts, resources, and energy on saving what remains. Will they succeed?

In this brand new CORDAP documentary we will take you the the Colombian Caribbean.

In the turquoise waters of San Andrés Island, corals are dying from a complex disease that eats away their tissue, exposing their fragile stony skeletons. With reefs disappearing, the entire island is at risk.

Watch our first episode to discover what Dr. Valeria Pizarro, senior coral researcher at Perry Institute of Marine Science (PIMS) and CORDAP awardee, and her team are doing to stop the spread of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease.

Make your holiday giving count — for corals. This season, support the scientists and communities working to protect and restore reef ecosystems worldwide.

Surprise your loved ones with the gift of reef protection, and help save corals and the people who depend on them.

Visit http://www.cordap.org/donate/ to contribute towards a future with healthy corals and thriving coastal communities.
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Entities involved in the project: Perry Institute of Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Blue Indigo Foundation CORALINA, Providencia and Santa Catalina, and ECOMARES Foundation.

A CORDAP production

Director, Producer and Scriptwriter : Carla Lourenço

Camera: Francisco Acosta (Pavo Real)

Editor: João Pedro Augusto