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[Steve Mussman]

Dear Igor,

“What we need is a unity of vision to raise our voice

more loudly, and make us more effective in our collective work to

disseminate and raise awareness about the importance of our cause . . . “

I am of the opinion that the disunity within the coral science community (as it relates to restoration) is certainly not unprecedented and in fact, could well have been anticipated. I think most everyone agrees that restoration has a significant role to play, but the specifics as to what that role is and even what one envisions as the best-case scenario for coral reefs of the future may be as diverse as the various starting points (shifting baselines) from which our assessments begin.

Sometimes, as this article from Scientific American points out, “. . . when a substantial number of scientists fundamentally disagree, we just have to wait”. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait much longer!

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/what-it-means-when-scientists-disagree/

Regards,

Steve Mussman

On 7/16/21, 6:35 PM, Igor Pessoa via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

Hi all

I am with Austin and Franziska... the challenges facing coral restoration

scientists and practitioners as a result of the incessant and increasing

attacks on reef restoration are unprecedented in the history of coral reef

scientific community. Several reef scientists continue to assume that to

replant the entire reef, or offer a quick fix solution that waters down the

need for action on climate change. Indeed, there are those who promote

that approach still. But this is rubbishing all coral restoration in highly

visible public tweets, and it keeps coming to Coral List through various

researchers as they see quick fix positions portrayed in the media. To have

a fractured and disunited coral reef community is not such a good thing in

this time of crisis. What we need is a unity of vision to raise our voice

more loudly, and make us more effective in our collective work to

disseminate and raise awareness about the importance of our cause, as far

as we hope for coral reefs into sustainable management. We are in the

leading edge in the war against the impacts of climate change to keep coral

species and genotypes alive in the face of mass die offs. And we are in

the same boat but we don't have the luxury of waiting for all problems to

be solved, so let's work together along parallel tracks!

Best,

Igor Pessoa

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