[Coral-List] Last 3 days to apply for upcoming - REEF BUILDING WORKSHOP
Risk, Michael
riskmj at mcmaster.ca
Wed Jul 14 01:38:13 UTC 2021
I don't know what depresses me more, observing the trajectory of my
favourite ecosystem, or watching earnest, committed young people
wasting their time in futile ventures.
The process rrreefs use, 3-D printing of modules, is very cool, very
21st century. (Personally, I have a ton of questions about this. What
"clay?" Illite? Montmorillonite? Organics? Baked? Tests? Longevity? etc
etc-like, where's the science?.).
But of course, we shouldn't need any of that. Many, many years ago, I
built some reefs in Discovery Bay (Atoll Res Bull 255, 1981). Various
iterations of concrete blocks, rubble, etc, to find the "best"
configuration. The reefs were all covered with corals and other
epizoans within a few months. All corals need is a surface to settle,
and clean water.
Before any reef rehab efforts are undertaken, anywhere, we must ask
"why did they leave in the first place?" because if those stresses are
not rectified, any and all reef rehab efforts are costly wastes of
time. In the vast majority of cases, the cause of the original
extirpation will be some land-based threat. The one lesson we (I mean
YOU) seem to forget is, if you clean up the water, they will come back.
Yeah, I know-same old same old.
Mike
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From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> on behalf of
Lisa Carne via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 6:57 PM
To: Sarah Frias-Torres <sfrias_torres at hotmail.com>
Cc: Hanna Kuhfuss <hanna.kuhfuss at gmail.com>; coral list
<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Last 3 days to apply for upcoming - REEF
BUILDING WORKSHOP
Per Sarah's email:
That `something else' is normally called artificial reefs.
While it may have a role/function in certain places, it is not to be
confused with ecosystem restoration.
Also curious about the choice and source of `clay'
Best from Belize,
Lisa Carne
> On 13-Jul-2021, at 16:32, Sarah Frias-Torres via Coral-List
<coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> Hanna
> Just trying to understand more about the thinking process here.
>
> On the website, you have a statement on "Dive into the science",
where you mention "scientific investigations" on this system of clay
3-D printed modules. Are there any published peer-reviewed scientific
papers, that demonstrate these clay blocks you talk about are achieving
coral reef rehabilitation?
> I could not find any links on the website, only a video and a
crowdfunding page
> Can you explain what you mean by rehabilitation? because this is not
coral reef restoration, but something else.
>
>
> <><...<><...<><...
>
> Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D.
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> Subject: [Coral-List] Last 3 days to apply for upcoming - REEF
BUILDING WORKSHOP
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> *Last 3 days to apply for upcoming* - *REEF BUILDING WORKSHOP -
LIVING
> SHORELINES: Green Engineering Methods for Coral Reef Rehabilitation*
>
> *10 - 20 Sep 2021*
>
> Registration deadline: *15th of July 2021*
>
>
> Hi coral-listers,
>
> *Registration for the workshop is open for only 3 more days.* Please
feel
> free to spread it to anyone who might be interested.
>
> We, rrreefs <[3]https://www.rrreefs.com/> (a german/swiss not for
profit
> initiative) are excited to announce *our first-ever *international
> *reef-building
> workshop *in partnership with Corales de Paz
<[4]https://www.coralesdepaz.org/>
> , taking place *this September* in *San Andres, Colombia*.
>
> This goes out to everyone interested in joining us in building the
first
> pilot reef with rrreefs' easy-to-handle 3D-printed stackable brick
system.
> It is a *10-day intensive full-time 100 hours hands-on, and in-water
> practical workshop* (incl. 14 SCUBA dives). The workshop touches on
coral
> ecology, newest approaches to coral restoration and ecosystem
> rehabilitation, appropriate design, logistics, and evaluation of a
> restoration project. We will showcase the feasibility of construction
and
> customization, with a subsequent multi-year monitoring program. This
new
> approach of passive, structure-based reef regeneration will be
combined
> with proven active reef restoration approaches such as coral
fragmentation,
> gardening, and transplantation techniques perfected by Corales de
Paz.
>
> The program will be divided into a series of classroom lessons and
field
> activities. Lessons will be held in English. All in-water field
activities
> will be carried out with SCUBA diving equipment.
>
> To download the full program for more details, costs, and other
practical
> information, please check out the Workshop brochure and flyer or
visit our
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>
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>
> Cheers,
>
> your rrreefs team
>
> Hanna Kuhfuss
>
> Marie Griesmar
>
> Ulrike Pfreundt
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>
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