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Corals
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Coral reefs are in a crisis due to climate change, overfishing and pollution. Our coral gardening methods offer a practical solution to keeping corals alive for decades to come. To achieve our mission, we prioritize three key areas: building bleaching-resistant super coral gardens, involving the community in managing their marine protected areas, and partnering with resorts to mainstream sustainable strategies to protect and enjoy their beautiful reefs.
Mission
Coral reefs all over the Earth are facing widespread bleaching and death from warming seas due to climate change. Our coral reef restoration strategy works to accelerate natural recovery and climate change adaptation processes of coral reefs, securing bleaching resistant corals where they are facing eminent demise, and restoring heavily impacted reef zones where severe bleaching has killed many or most of the corals. The opportunity is now, and if we do not act, our options will fall away with each passing year. It is time for all those who rely on healthy coral reefs to begin working together to protect and restore the shared resources that are so important to tourism and food security.
Message
Tourism is a massive component of Pacific Island economies. There are now countless resorts in the region fringing stunning coral reef ecosystems. These reefs have become a major attraction for many guests in resorts, and numerous groups have come to realise the inherent value of having healthy, thriving coral reefs in their area. These venues have started to focus on sustainable, eco-tourism and promoting awareness of their local natural resources.
All of our methods are designed to be as accessible and repeatable for anyone, with minimal financial investiment. Our focus is on ensuring that communities do not require expensive equipment or scuba gear to be able to create their own coral nurseries in a rural regions. We wish to empower local communities to establish and expand their restoration efforts without an external support or major financial burdens.
By selecting corals from coral reefs which have experienced and survived multiple of heat waves, we hope to create new generations of more thermally tolerant corals. These 'Super Corals' are better adapted to survive the coming increases in ocean temperatures when they are moved out onto degraded reefs!
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Heat-Tolerant Coral Reefs
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Ecotourism
Partnerships
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COmmunity
Inovlvement
Heat-Tolerant
Coral Reefs
Goals
Tourism is a massive component of Pacific economies. There are now countless resorts in the region fringing stunning coral reef ecosystems. These reefs have become a major attraction for many guests in resorts, and numerous groups have come to realise the inherent value of having healthy, thriving coral reefs in their area. These venues have started to focus on sustainable, eco-tourism and promoting awareness of their local natural resources.
Ecotourism Partnerships
All of our methods are designed to be as accessible and repeatable for anyone, with minimal financial investiment. Our focus is on ensuring that communities do not require expensive equipment or scuba gear to be able to create their own coral nurseries in a rural regions. We wish to empower local communities to establish and expand their restoration efforts without an external support or major financial burdens.
Community Involvement
