Expanding Canon EMEA’s Coral Conservation Initiative into East Africa
Building on the momentum of Canon’s EMEA launch of World Unseen 2.0, Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is expanding the initiative..
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Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is expanding its World Unseen 2.0 coral conservation initiative into East Africa, partnering with Kenya’s Oceans Alive Foundation. This collaboration aims to protect vital coral reefs by focusing on science-led restoration, community capacity building, and imaging-enabled monitoring.
- Over half of the world’s coral reefs have disappeared in the last three decades.
- Canon is providing Oceans Alive Foundation with advanced imaging tools, including PowerShot G7 X Mark III and EOS R8 cameras, for scientific monitoring.
- The partnership will sponsor nursery tables and reef infrastructure to propagate and outplant thousands of coral fragments.
- Oceans Alive Foundation, founded in 2018, has successfully restored multiple reef patches across Kuruwitu and the broader North Coast.
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