Bahamas Reef Environmental Educational Foundation
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The Bahamas Reef Environmental Educational Foundation (BREEF) is a non-government organization in the Bahamas devoted to the conservation of the marine environment. It campaigns for to preserve the coral reef
ecosystem
s in the seas around the Bahamas, to protect local fishing grounds, and is also involved in education. Based in Nassau
, it was founded by Sir Nicholas Nuttall, 3rd Baronet in 1993 as a voluntary organisation. Its first executive director was hired in 2002.
Coral reef
Coral reefs are underwater structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals. Coral reefs are colonies of tiny living animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups. The polyps...
ecosystem
Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....
s in the seas around the Bahamas, to protect local fishing grounds, and is also involved in education. Based in Nassau
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
, it was founded by Sir Nicholas Nuttall, 3rd Baronet in 1993 as a voluntary organisation. Its first executive director was hired in 2002.