Coral Nurseries for Reef Restoration
James M. Cervino
cnidaria at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 6 19:53:48 EDT 2000
>SPECIAL WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
>
>Biorock Coral Nurseries for Reef Restoration, Mariculture, and Shore
>Protection
>Pondok Sari Hotel, Pemuteran, Bali, Oct. 28-29, 2000
>
>Tom Goreau, Wolf Hilbertz, Azeez Hakeem, Yos Amerta
>
>BIOROCK (Mineral Accretion) is the revolutionary simple low-cost
>technology that is the ONLY method for growing solid limestone
>artificial reefs, coral nurseries, breakwaters, and other structures
>underwater using renewable energy. The growth rate of corals and
>shellfish are increased many times faster than normal, accelerating
>reef restoration even in badly damaged areas. This workshop provides
>hands-on training in design, construction, and installation of
>practical solutions to a wide variety of ecological restoration,
>mariculture, fisheries, shore protection, construction, and global
>climate change problems, directly from its inventors.
>
> PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE:
>Saturday, Oct. 28
>8:00 Bus transportation leaves Nusa Dua for Pemuteran
>12:00 Lunch
>13:00 Opening (Pemuteran Village Mayor, Rep. of
>Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs)
>13:30 Introduction: state of Bali reefs (Amerta)
>14:00 Slides and videos of past and ongoing projects (Hilbertz)
>14:45 Principles of mineral accretion, applications to
>coral nurseries, reef restoration, mariculture,
> shore protection, and other projects (Goreau)
>15:45 Maintenance and monitoring (Hakeem)
>16:00 Dive and snorkeling trip to Bunbung Biorock Coral
>Nursery and surrounding Pemuteran Protected Area
>17:00 Design, construction, and wiring of a coral nursery structure
>19:00 Dinner
>20:00 Roundtable on the beach
>
>Sunday, Oct. 29
>08:00 Breakfast
>09:00 Preparation of coral nursery structures
>10:00 Installation of coral nursery structures
>11:00 Attachment and maintenance of coral transplants
>12:00 Lunch
>13:00 Diving on dynamite and cyanide damaged reefs and
>natural reef sites in the vicinity
>15:00 Conclusions, policy questions, future project
>planning, and wrap-up
>16:00 Bus transportation leaves Pemuteran for Nusa Dua
>
>Fees: (Include transportation to and from Nusa Dua, meals, 1 night
>hotel stay, and diving)
>Fees will also be used to cover costs of materials and to
>subsidize cost of local participants. Any surplus will be used
>towards larger community-based reef restoration projects in the
>Pemuteran area.
>
>Bali Fishermen (simultaneous translation from English into
>Balinese or Bahasa Indonesia) FREE
>Developing country NGOs, scientists, and divers
> US$100
>NGOs, scientists, and divers from North America, Europe, Australia,
>and Japan US$300
>Representatives from Funding Agencies
> US$400
>
>The workshop is sponsored by BALI WATERSPORTS AND DIVING
>FEDERATION, BIOROCK INC., GLOBAL CORAL REEF ALLIANCE, SUN & SEA, &
>THE VILLAGE OF PEMUTERAN, & Pemuteran hotels and dive shops
>To register or obtain more details contact: goreau at bestweb.net,
>saya at loxinfo.co. th, or yosbali at indosat.net.id
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James M. Cervino
PhD. Candidate
Marine Science Dept.
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803)996-6470
e-mail :cnidaria at earthlink.net
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