[Coral-List] Webinar on the UNEP and ICRI Coral Reef Restoration Report

[tomascik at novuscom.net]

Good points Norah. I have recently seen some amazing video footage of 
flourishing coral gardens created around the world by dedicated coral 
reef conservationists, and read reports about successful coral 
restoration projects. Few of us have the opportunity to visit these 
projects in person, so videos are a great tool. Many of us marvel at the 
speed with which many of these new coral gardens grow in areas 
relatively free from anthropogenic stressors. After seeing some of these 
amazing videos I thought that it would be interesting to contrast the 
growth of these new coral gardens with a natural event to demonstrate 
rapid coral recovery under natural conditions. I dug into my video 
collection from Indonesia and decided to post this video that documents 
a rapid colonization of a lava flow by corals fowling a catastrophic 
volcanic eruption. In 1992, while I was visiting Banda Islands, I was 
lucky enough to get a chance to dive on a relatively “fresh” lava flow 
that destroyed an old fringing reef during the Gunung Banda Api 1988 
eruption. It was one of the most amazing dives that I have done. I was 
truly astonished by the flourishing coral community that became 
established on the lava flow in such a short time period (i.e., 4 years 
after the eruption). At the time, the general view was that it took 
coral reefs decades to recover from major environmental impacts. After 
seeing the new coral community I decide to return and document this 
amazing event. The video footage in this video provides visual 
documentation of the coral community in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aq1K6CQCBeATgtZeZVN9himQbipTSw?e=FPBSlP

For anyone who is interested in this topic I am also attaching a link to 
a paper that we wrote in 1996 to document the coral colonization, as 
well as a link to a chapter in ”The Ecology of Indonesian Seas” where we 
provide more details on coral reefs and volcanism.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225976451_Rapid_coral_colonization_of_a_recent_lava_flow_following_a_volcanic_eruption_Banda_Islands_Indonesia

In the following link see pages 529-565

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301883538_Tomascik_T_A_J_Mah_A_Nontji_M_K_Moosa_1997_Chapter_Eleven_Coral_Reefs_Natural_Disturbances_In_The_Ecology_of_the_Indonesia_Seas_Part_I_pp_487-577_Singapore_Periplus_Editions_HK_Ltd

Cheers,
Tom


On 2021-01-14 07:42, Nohora Galvis via Coral-List wrote:
> Very important the effort to restore Coral Reefs in places where is 
> needed
> to recover healthy and biodiverse coral cover. Please take into account
> that the first step for recovery is stopping the local and global 
> threats
> to coral reef integrity.
> 
> Considering the long (Centuries) lasting processes to build healthy and
> diverse coral reefs artificially or with manipulation of monospecific
> gardens,  be careful to promote a blue economy based on natural coral 
> reef
> destruction with fake promises to restore the coral reefs after
> unsustainable projects like dredging, dynamite for larger channels and
> navigation of large vessels on the coral reefs and other sources of
> pollution and direct destruction of the million of species involved.
> 
> El jue, ene 14, 2021 10:15, Maritza Arizaga via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> escribió:
> 
>> Hello Coral List,
>> 
>> Join us for a webinar on the United Nations Environment Programme and
>> International Coral Reef Initiative report: Coral Reef Restoration as 
>> a
>> Strategy to Improve Ecosystem Services: A Guide to Coral Restoration
>> Methods. Prepared by a team of over 20 experts, the report presents an
>> overview of current methods and the best available knowledge in the 
>> field
>> of coral reef restoration. A set of recommendations are also provided 
>> to
>> assist key actors such as managers, practitioners, policymakers, and
>> funding agencies to make informed decisions in applying coral reef
>> restoration more broadly as an integrated reef management strategy.
>> 
>> In this webinar, we will provide an update of where the field of coral
>> reef restoration is currently, address the debate on the worth of 
>> coral
>> reef restoration in the face of climate change, and provide an 
>> overview of
>> general, goal-based, and method-based recommendations to improve the
>> application of coral reef restoration as a strategy to improve 
>> ecosystem
>> services.  This webinar is co-sponsored by the Reef Resilience 
>> Network, the
>> International Coral Reef Initiative, the United Nations Environment
>> Programme, and the National Environmental Science Programme.
>> 
>> Presenters:
>> Gabriel Grimsditch, United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya
>> Dr. Ian McLeod, TropWATER, James Cook University, Australia
>> Dr. Margaux Hein, MER Research and Consulting, Monaco
>> 
>> 
>> Date & Time: January 19, 2021; 8:00-9:30 AM EST
>> Register: http://bit.ly/restoration_report<
>> https://bit.ly/restoration_report?fbclid=IwAR3rsjcsP8q4H4OCYTMw11uf3YUXFx52-OrnJDc1KDFjENPPk72uDR5G8ds
>> >
>> 
>> I hope you can join us!
>> 
>> Maritza Arizaga
>> Reef Resilience Network
>> 
>> 
>> 
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