Are coral reefs in trouble? Do you believe there's enough being done to keep them from going extinct? Is there anything we as SW fish keepers can do to help?

People talk about saving the rainforests a lot but coral reefs don't appear to get as much focus. I honestly don't know much about it though, or whether they're in very much danger right now. Hence the reason for this post.

I think what we can do is advocate for how to keep saltwater inhabitants the correct way. If we help educate new saltwater aquarists we can prevent many of the deaths of fish/inverts/corals kept in the aquarium and this in turn can prevent more of these animals from being taken from coral reefs because people usually just keep replacing their stock when they die, not understanding why they are dying in the first place.

I think simply having a reef aquarium plays some small part in helping. Family, friends and whoever else is invited into your home see your aquarium and can appreciate how beautiful and special and complex way beyond their imagination coral reefs are. It raises awareness. As you said, people are really aware of how jungles need saving. Coral reefs are sort of under the radar for most people because you see trees everyday, you see woods and forests, but unless you live near a reef you don't see them so it's not so in your face/on your radar, if that makes sense. So people don't think about how to help conserve reefs.