We did a short survey where we asked 86 people some questions about coral reefs.
- The first question was about whether you have ever seen a coral reef with real eyes. With this question we wanted to find out how many people know how impressive a coral reef can be. From 41 people 15 answered with YES and 26 with NO.
- The second question was what comes to mind first when you think of a coral reef. As you can see here most of them answered with snorkelling. But many also thought of fish in the sea or the Great Barrier Reef.
- In the third question we asked the participants if they know what benefits corals have for us. From 41 people 18 answered here they do not know. 12 mentioned oxygen productions and the remaining 11 mentioned other things like the habitat.
- The 4th question was: Do you know of any organizations that work to protect coral reefs? In this question 24 people answered YES, which is almost 60%. Personally, I was surprised, because I always thought that many people do not know about the extinction of coral reefs
- Our 5. Question was: which of the following organizations do you know. It was very surprising for us that so many of the interviewers knew the organizations. We did not expect that more than 10 people know the OCEANA and Great Barrier Reef Legacy.
- The next question was: What do you think, how much oxygen is produced by Coral Reefs. All respondents have chosen a value greater than 0. This is certainly due to our question, where it was clear that corals produce oxygen.
- Next, we asked when they think, coral reefs will be extinct. Most of the people are have the same opinion here. 85% have chosen 30 years, which also agrees with the truth. Only five think that it will still take 60 years and 1 thinks 90 years.
Attached you can also find the results of our survey in a pdf file where you can find some diagrams.
1_Powerpoint Coralreefs.pdf (565.26 kb)