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Global Coral Reef
Alliance The Global Coral Reef Alliance is a small, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to growing, protecting and managing the most threatened of all marine ecosystems - coral reefs. Founded in 1990. GCRA is a coalition of volunteer scientists, divers, environmentalists and other individuals and organizations, committed to coral reef preservation. We primarily focus on coral reef restoration, marine diseases and other issues caused by global climate change, environmental stress and pollution. We employ a method which allows reefs to survive and recover from damage caused by excessive nutrients, climate change, and physical destruction. The mineral accretion, or the Biorock® Process, is owned by Biorock®, Inc. and is licensed to GCRA. This technology has been successfully applied to fish and shellfish mariculture as well as to growing limestone breakwaters to protect islands and coastal areas from erosion and rising sea levels. Coral reefs built with the Biorock process are now growing in Maldives, Seychelles, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Panama and, in one of the most remote and unexplored reef areas of the world, Saya de Malha Banks in the Indian Ocean. GCRA scientists work with foundations, governments or private firms to build, restore and maintain coral reefs, nurseries and marine sanctuaries. Projects include restoration and construction of coral reefs for mariculture and tourism as well as breakwaters for shore protection. Coral reefs as they used to be. 1948, Bimini, Bahamas, photograph by F. W. Goreau
Coral reefs as they
are now, when restored with GCRA Biorock® Technology
Pemuteran,
Watch Biorock reef restoration projects in Hilton Bora Bora Nui Resort, French Polynesia. Broadcast October 28th by FRANCE 2 TV Brief overview of Biorock Technology Applications PDF As Ocean Warms, the Impacts Multiply (Op-Ed) - Article posted on Yahoo News Artificial Coral Reefs, by Daniel Peterlunger. Published in MARINA.CH - the leading nautical magazine of Switzerland (French and German versions) French German Biorock video is a finalist in Island Press / Society for Ecological Restoration student video competition. Enormous thanks to all who helped make this possible. Read more... Lloyd Godson is on a mission to encourage young people to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) studies and careers and to conserve Australia’s unique marine biodiversity. See Lloyd's incredible project here... Please help Lloyd and his team of young Australian innovators create the ultimate underwater superhero headquarters for Tik and his fishy friend, Bubbles. Dumping sand on the shore kills the corals that grow the beach in Florida The Karang Lestari Biorock Coral Reef and Fisheries Restoration Project in Pemuteran Bali was awarded the United Nations Equator Award for Community-Based Development and the Special UN Development Programme Award for Oceans and Coastal Zone Management in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012. This UN document outlines the benefits the project has provided to the local community. Karang Lestari Equator Award.pdf Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Commissioners snorkel on the first US Biorock coral reef restoration project. Pompano Pelican article August 23, 2013. AP reports military divers are being pulled off a project to clean up an artificial reef off the beach at Fort Lauderdale that turned into an environmental disaster.Reef Rescue Watch Reef Reborn 2013 by Rani Morrow-Wuigk, June 18, 2013. See the results of how Biorock technology turned a barren underwater landscape into a thriving coral garden in Indonesia. Protection by the Village of Pemuteran, Biorock Technology and a dedicated team made this possible. The Coral Goddess, May 21, 2013, watch the video of the update after two years of the Coral Goddess being sunk in the Coral Restoration Project "Karang Lestari". Golf course fertilizer runoff causes algae blooms in a Bahamian coral reef. Bahamas National Natural History Conference, Nassau, March 5-8 2013 Plastic kills, in the most remote places. 2/2/2013 FOSSIL FUEL GLOBAL WARMING WILL SOON KILL CORAL REEFS, Thomas Goreau, 1/26/2013 New diseases of soft corals closely related to coral diseases and shellfish pathogens, James M. Cervino1,2, Briana Hauff2, 3,*, Joshua A. Haslun3, Kathryn Winiarski-Cervino4, Michael Cavazos3, Pamela Lawther2, Andrew M. Wier2, Konrad Hughen1, Kevin B. Strychar3 Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration, Revolutionary Methods for Restoring Damaged Marine Ecosystems A Ray of Hope in an Increasingly Gloomy Scenario, Thomas J. Goreau, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert Kent Trench, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, and St. Georges de Beauce, Quebec, Canada Coral reef restoration in Indonesia and relevance to Saipan, Chris Nelson
Restoration of
reefs, fisheries, and beaches against climate change (in Spanish), 1st
Scientific Conference on Marine Science, Panama Maritime University,
December 6 2012 Unique coral reefs set for tourism and protection, Business Mirror, Henrylito D. Tacio / Photos courtesy of Shane Beary, 03 December 2012
INNOVATIVE METHODS OF MARINE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, 312 page book,
December 2012, Marine Electrolysis for Building Materials and Environmental Restoration, Thomas J. Goreau, 2012, p. 273-290 in Electrolysis, J. Kleperis & V. Linkov (Eds.), InTech Publishing, Rijeka, Croatia The end of the reef? Interview with Dr. Peter Bell about eutrophication of the Great Barrier Reef. ABC Queensland - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
ELECTRICAL CURRENT GREATLY IMPROVES OYSTER AND SALTMARSH GROWTH AND
SURVIVAL
ABSTRACT: International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Biorock coral reef restoration projects underway in Malaysia Comments on Environment Impact Study for proposal for golf course and marina on the Great Barrier Reef, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, September 6, 2012 Biorock coral reef restoration in the Maldives on the BBC, Sept 6 2012. Dr. Goreau's response to the author. Biorock coral reef fisheries habitat restoration projects to start in Jamaica, September 2012 How to stop algae overgrowth of coral reefs. Tom Goreau. Alert Diver, Summer 2012
GCRA to start Biorock coral reef restoration projects in Malaysia with the Malaysian Society for Nature, Elly Fazaniza, TheSundayDaily, Malaysia. Great wide angle photographs of the Bali Biorock coral reef and fisheries restoration projects taken in May 2012 by EunJae Im. These projects were awarded the United Nations Development Program Special Award for Marine and Coastal Zone Management, and the UNDP Equator Award for Community Based Development at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012. Dr. Thomas Goreau, President of the Global Coral Reef Alliance, is Scientific Advisor to the Yayasan Karang Lestari (Protected Corals Foundation in Indonesian), our local partner in Bali. Yayasan Karang Lestari, Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia, the worldís biggest, best, and longest continuously run coral reef restoration project, slide show at presentation of the 2012 equator award for community-based development, June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biorock giving new life to coral reefs in Indonesia. The Guardian
June 8 2012, World Oceans Day.
Comments on Fort Lauderdale Beach dredge-fill dumping project impact on coral reefs, Thomas J Goreau, June 1, 2012 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SKELETON FORMATION IN CORALS. I. A MEASURING THE RATE OF CALCIUM DEPOSITION BY CORALS UNDER CONDITIONS, Thomas F Goreau, Biol Bull 116:59-75 (1959) TEDxMonterey - Colleen Flanigan - Coral Restoration: Cultivating Mutual Symbiosis URGENT: PLEASE HELP SAVE THE BEST REEF ON MAJURO FROM BEING DESTROYED WITH US GOVERNMENT FUNDS! Dolphins collaborate with Brazilian fishermen for mutual benefit. Biorock® projects in Philippines featured in Chinese tourism magazine Biorock coral reef and fisheries habitat project funded in Jamaica Texas A&M Scuba Club Run for the Reefs on April 15 2012 to benefit GCRA Expansion of Port Everglades threatens fragile South Florida corals. Sierra Club, March 16 2012. Comments Regarding the Sierra Club statement, Thomas Goreau. Belize Referendum rejects offshore oil drilling on their coral reefs by 96% to 4%! The Green Disc: New Technologies for a New Future now launched on the web March 12 2012
THE GREEN DISC:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR A NEW FUTURE Blue Planet Laureates: Environmental and Development Challenges ñ The Imperative to Act, This paper is a synthesis of the key messages from the individual papers written by the Blue Planet Laureates and discusses the current and projected state of the global and regional environment, and the implications for environmental, social and economic sustainability; Gro Harlem Brundtland, Paul Ehrlich, Jose Goldemberg, James Hansen, Amory Lovins, Gene Likens, James Lovelock, Suki Manabe, Bob May, Hal Mooney, Karl-Henrik Robert, Emil Salim, Gordon Sato, Susan Solomon, Nicholas Stern, MS Swaminathan, Bob Watson, Barefoot College, Conservation International, International institute of Environment and Development, and International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Feb 20, 2012 Mexican Tidal Project to Tackle Fresh Water, Electricity and Marine Life Sustainability, Jason Deign,
Biorock in Action: Gili Trawangan Gets a Star for Coral Regeneration, January 26, 2012 Biorock in Action: Gili Trawangan Gets a Star for Coral Regeneration, Coral Reef Restoration With Functional and Artistic Biorock Structures, February 15, 2012
The Nassau Guardian, U.S. Scientists: Guana Cay at risk from golf course fertilizers, 1/24/2012
DAMAGE TO GUANA CAY CORAL REEFS, ABACO, BAHAMAS FROM BAKERíS BAY GOLF COURSE, Notes from the Road, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Troy Albury, President, Save Guana Cay Reef, James Cervino, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, January 19 2012
Documenting global coral reef restoration, a film by Seth Greenspan,
September 2011 Happy Winter Solstice from the Global Coral Reef Alliance. Here is a snorkel on a few of our hundreds of Biorock reefs in Bali, Indonesia. When the project began this site was largely dead corals with few fishes. Biorock structures were designed by the late Wolf Hilbertz. COST EFFECTIVENESS OF CORAL REEF RESTORATION: BIOROCK® VERSUS NOAA, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, December 12 2011 World Conference on Ecological Restoration, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, August 2011 (Multiple Papers)
CORALS OF TRAWANGAN by Seth Greenspan, This 22-minute mini-documentary explores the myriad of complexities facing sustainable coral reefs in the face of increasing pressures from industrialization and associated climate change, while following Dr. Thomas Goreau's revolutionary efforts to help revive dying coral reefs and protect the future of endangered hard corals through the Biorock® workshops in Gili Trawangan, Indonesia. Human Excrement to Blame for Coral Decline, Science Now, Gisela Telis, August 17 2011
Underwater images of Biorock Coral Reef Restoration projects, Bali and the Gili Islands, Indonesia, Matthew Oldfield, August, 2011 Bleaching and Reef Community Change in Jamaica: 1951-1991, Thomas J. Goreau, American Zoologist, Vol. 32, No. 6 (1992), pp. 683-695, Published by: Oxford University Press Growing Reefs with Biorock Technology Coral Reef Restoration Projects Using Biorock and Reef Balls, Epoch Times, Jul 4, 2011 Coral Reef Free-For-All provides a forum and encourages candid discussion of coral reef issues, including the politics (Yes! The politics! How and why human failings are killing coral reefs!) Of coral reef ecosystem research, conservation, and education -- issues that are in vital need of being aired among marine and coral researchers. Coral Reef and Fisheries Habitat Restoration in the Coral Triangle: The Key to Sustainable Reef Management, Proceeding of Coral Reef Management Symposium on Coral Triangle Area, 2010, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD. Tourism, Water Quality and Reef Health, a film by Thomas Goreau, 2010
Global Coral Reef Alliance Advisors and Partners
Donations Help Save the World's Reefs GCRA is a non-profit, all-volunteer, 501 (c)(3) corporation; donations to Global Coral Reef Alliance are fully tax-deductible. No salaries or board perks are ever taken out of any income raisedó100% of funds raised goes directly to studying, building and restoring coral reefs around the world. If you would like to contribute to GCRA's program for saving reefs, please send your tax deductible contributions to:
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