Sentences with phrase «reef restoration efforts»

Gili Islands Bio Rock Update Reef restoration efforts on the Gili islands received a major boost recently as Graham Davies, owner of Malia's Child bungalows on Gili Meno, funded five new Bio-Rocks.

Reef restoration efforts on the Gili islands received a major boost recently as Graham Davies, owner of Malia's Child bungalows on Gili Meno, unded five new Bio-Rocks.

This study is the first to collect baseline coral restoration survival and productivity data at regional scales including data from 1,000 s of individual A. cervicornis colonies, more than 120 distinct genotypes within six geographical regions to develop benchmarks to fully assess the progress and impacts of the region's coral and reef restoration efforts.

Not exact matches

«We're creating a lot of structure that wasn't there before, but it is by no means a long - term solution,» Dalton Hesley, a scientist working on reef restoration in the Caribbean at the University of Miami, told Business Insider for a recent story on coral restoration efforts.

Most experts think restoration efforts could play a large role in bringing reefs back from the brink, but if they don't solve the most serious problems reefs face, it could all be for nothing.

Efforts include but are not limited to: developing and implementing marine habitat protection and restoration strategies, conducting ongoing coral reef research, training individuals in marine ecosystem research and management, as well as animal husbandry, the rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine wildlife including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins, creating programs to heighten public awareness of the ocean and its inhabitants and delivering marine education programs to communities and schools.

* The early NRDA projects include oyster reef restoration in Mississippi and Alabama as well as sea grass and dune restoration in Florida, efforts that are based on sound science.

The reef effort is the kind of science - based project many Gulf stakeholders had in mind when they pushed for a federal act, called RESTORE, that allocated to Gulf restoration much of the potentially billions of dollars in fines and penalties that will be paid by those responsible for the oil spill.

The findings, published in the of the journal Coral Reefs, offers a guide for successful restoration and recovery efforts of the threatened species worldwide.

The thriving wetlands will provide a buffer for the Great Barrier Reef, says Niall Connolly of Greening Australia, a conservation group helping with the restoration efforts.

«Given that sharks are in decline on reefs worldwide, largely due to the shark fin trade, this information may prove integral to restoration and conservation efforts.»

We anticipate being able to show the community the results of the efforts of our group of enthusiastic volunteers and to also provide them with an opportunity to get behind the Reef Restoration Foundation and others like them, including the opportunity to invest donations into these volunteer - based programs.

Since 2010, Georgia Aquarium staff and volunteers have logged over 2000 hours underwater assisting the Coral Restoration Foundation with their efforts to effectively grow coral fragments in an underwater nursery near Molasses Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

The Biorock ® reef system has helped global efforts for the reef restoration due to positive effects on all marine life, eco-tourism and various conservation projects.

However, conservationists are focusing restoration efforts mainly on the centers of reefs.