MIAMI, July 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's
largest travel and leisure company, today announced that its first
year of supporting The Nature Conservancy through its Carnival
Foundation helped the conservation organization further some of its
critical preservation activities. Highlights include:
- building new coral nurseries in the Caribbean
- transplanting 20,000 corals in the Bahamas and U.S.
Virgin Islands
- installing new pilot reef enhancement structures to provide
greater habitat for fish and a potential area for future coral
growth in Grenada's Grenville Bay.
These achievements were made possible through the Carnival
Foundation's $2.5 million gift over a
five-year period starting in 2014, supporting The Nature
Conservancy's global marine protection priorities.
"The Nature Conservancy truly appreciates Carnival Foundation's
support for our global and Caribbean-specific oceans conservation work,"
said Maria Damanaki, Global Managing Director for The Nature
Conservancy's Ocean Program. "Carnival Foundation's five-year
commitment to preserving the world's vital marine resources – and
the many benefits they provide – has a major impact on our
efforts."
Added Damanaki: "As we look ahead to the next four years, by
supporting our Caribbean Challenge Initiative, Carnival
Foundation's support will help nearly triple the protection of the
region's iconic waters and coasts by helping conserve 21 million
acres of these important areas. Through The Nature Conservancy's
Mapping Ocean Wealth project, Carnival Foundation's support will
also provide knowledge necessary to protect our waters and
transform their management now and for generations to come."
"As the world's largest cruise company, we have nearly 11
million guests a year sailing with our 10 global brands on the
world's oceans and seas, so we have a deep commitment to protecting
and sustaining the environment," said Roger
Frizzell, chief communications officer for Carnival
Corporation, who also oversees the Carnival Foundation. "We
continue to be proud to support The Nature Conservancy, one of the
world's leading conservation organizations whose crucial work to
preserve and restore the oceans directly aligns with our commitment
to the oceans and seas around the world. As we expected, given its
great work in the past, The Nature Conservancy strategically
leveraged our support in the last 12 months to continue its mission
of protecting and maintaining healthy oceans and seas, and we know
its ongoing dedication will continue to create a positive and
lasting impression on the environment."
Carnival Foundation's support has also helped The Nature
Conservancy identify locations where industry and community are
most dependent on marine and coastal resources -- including key
conservation priority sites where Carnival
Corporation and its 10 cruise line brands operate. The
Nature Conservancy's work in these regions will help quantify the
value of marine ecosystems and help develop mapping tools to guide
investment decisions for conservation in the regions.
In addition, support from the Foundation in the first year of
its agreement helped the Conservancy catalyze critical research on
the benefits thriving oceans provide around the world. The
Conservancy is publishing groundbreaking science, scaling coral
restoration across the Caribbean
region, integrating nature into climate and disaster reduction
planning at the community level, and engaging a broad group of
decision-makers to ensure that policies reflect the value of nature
to communities and economies.
About The Nature Conservancy
The Nature
Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working
around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters
for nature and people. The Conservancy and its more than one
million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide.
Visit The Nature Conservancy on the web
at www.nature.org.
About Carnival Foundation
Carnival
Foundation is dedicated to creating positive change through
empowering youth, enhancing education and strengthening families.
In the past five years alone, Carnival Corporation —
which includes 10 global brands — and its 120,000-plus employees
have made more than $30 million in financial
contributions and in-kind donations to a variety of local and
national charities. Following the example set by Carnival
Corporation's founder, the late Ted Arison, and continued by
his son Micky, chairman of Carnival Corporation, Carnival
Foundation endeavors to make South Florida and other
communities better places to live and work. For more information
visit www.carnivalfoundation.com.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival
Corporation & plc is the largest cruise company in the world,
with a portfolio of 10 cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Line,
Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Seabourn, AIDA Cruises,
Costa Cruises, Cunard, P&O Cruises (Australia), P&O Cruises (UK) and
Fathom.
Together, these brands operate 100 ships in 2015 totaling
219,000 lower berths with eight new ships scheduled to be delivered
between 2016 and 2018. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates
Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies
in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon.
Traded on both the New York and
London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only
group in the world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the
FTSE 100 indices.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.hollandamerica.com, www.princess.com, www.seabourn.com,
www.aida.de, www.costacruise.com, www.cunard.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, www.pocruises.com and www.fathom.org.
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