Future direction for educational and awareness out-reach activities by the Japanese Coral Reef Society: What we learned from the experience workshop “Coral reef has come from Okinawa!” at The Union of Japanese Societies for Natural History

We report on the activities and outcomes from the science experience workshop with the title “Coral reef has come from Okinawa!” carried out at Gunma Museum of Natural History in 2017 and sponsored by The Union of Japanese Societies for Natural History. Based on these experiences, here we propose to decide the direction of out-reach activities and the establishment of a systematic support from a JCRS committee. An Education and Outreach committee would hold and share contents necessary for implementation to promote those activities by JCRS members.