[Coral-List] Last 3 days to apply for upcoming - REEF BUILDING WORKSHOP
Elizabeth Sherman
sherman at bennington.edu
Wed Jul 14 14:42:09 UTC 2021
Mike,
You say exactly what I have been saying (on this site--where I have been
shouted down--and others). I liken reef restoration projects to cleaning
out the coronary arteries of someone with heart disease. If you clean out
the arteries but the patient continues to smoke (or continues to pollute,
warm and acidify the reefs), you've just kicked the can down the road for a
bit but haven't changed the outcome (i.e. dead patient, dead reefs). The
only way this might be a reasonable strategy (for both patient and reef) is
if it buys a little more time so the patient can stop smoking. But in spite
of 40 years of clamoring from the scientific community, reefs continue to
be degraded due to both local assaults and global assaults. So what is a
Jeremiah to do???
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 7:59 AM Risk, Michael via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> 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
> __________________________________________________________________
>
> 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.
> > Twitter: @GrouperDoc
> > Science Blog: [1]https://grouperluna.com/
> > Art Blog: [2]https://oceanbestiary.com/
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> on behalf
> of Hanna Kuhfuss via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 5:16 AM
> > To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Last 3 days to apply for upcoming - REEF
> BUILDING WORKSHOP
> >
> > *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
> > homepage rrreefs.com <[5]https://www.rrreefs.com/>
> >
> > For any additional information, feel free to send an email to
> > info at rrreefs.com
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > your rrreefs team
> >
> > Hanna Kuhfuss
> >
> > Marie Griesmar
> >
> > Ulrike Pfreundt
> >
> > --
> > *HANNA KUHFUSS*
> >
> > *Co-Founder at rrreefs (NGO)*
> > rethinking-rebuilding-regenerating coral reefs
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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> References
>
> 1. https://grouperluna.com/
> 2. https://oceanbestiary.com/
> 3. https://www.rrreefs.com/
> 4. https://www.coralesdepaz.org/
> 5. https://www.rrreefs.com/
> 6. http://www.rrreefs.com/
> 7. http://www.schwerelos-yoga.de<http://www.schwerelos-yoga.de
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Elizabeth Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, *Emerita*
Bennington College
*As coral reefs go, so goes the planet.*
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