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• NEW Turtle Farm addresses effluent, Basia Pioro, CayCompass, Cayman’s National Newspaper, 30th June, (Go to Original)

• NEW An electric solution to saving the TCI's corals, Weekly News, Turks and Caicos, Rebecca Bird, June, 2008  (Go to Original)

• NEW The Minister of Works, Bahamas, Nassau Port Authority, And all concerned with dredging impacts on Bahamian coral reefs, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, June 25, 2008

• NEW PARTNERSHIPS WIRE 13 MAY SIDS CSD 16, UN Commission on Sustainable Development Partnerships, Newsletter (PDF). (Go to original)

• NEW PLANÈTE OCÉANS DES RÉCIFS Sous Tension, Florent Cade, Plongee, May 2008 (French, PDF)

• NEW Flushing River wetlands project may be soaked, John Lauinger, Daily News, Queens, May 20th 2008

• NEW Ocean Outfall Bill Provides Relief to South Florida Coral Reefs and Water Supply, Press Release, Reef Relief, May 2, 2008

• NEW A Win for the Good Guys, Jim DeFede, CBS4.com, May 2, 2008

• NEW Sea change, Caspar Henderson, May 2, 2008

• NEW Vacuuming Reefs, Dive Training Magazine, Alex F. Brylske, Ph.D., March, 2008

• NEW Electric Reefs, The EnvironMinute Podcast, Erika Street, 3/10/08

• NEW Not a Fish Tale, Ken Wardlaw, By the Sea Times, March 7, 2008,

• Voices on Bali, and Beyond, Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times, December 16, 2007

• Technology rebuilds, Electricity is used to revive coral reefs threatened by climate change, CNN, Dan Rivers reports, December 12, 2007

• Charged Coral, Video, (search for Charged Coral) Star News-Asia, 12.12.2007

• Oysters—Not just for eating, Video produced by MA Shumin. 12.11.2007

• Electricity revives Bali coral reefs, Joseph Coleman, Associated Press, December 4, 2007

• Manmade Biorock Reef Protecting Shore, St. Maarten, The Daily Herald, 10/26/2007

• SXM Reefs Not Beyond Saving, But Action Critical, Says Marine Expert Goreau, Belaire, St. Maarten, Today, Thursday, 10/25/2007

• Electricity Revives Coral Reef, Wired Magazine, Associated Press,  08.22.04.

• Biorock: Stimulating Coral Growth with Electricity, by Kimberley D. Mok, Auroville, India, Tree Hugger, Travel & Nature, 09.28.07

• CHILDREN’S CORAL REEF EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN SAGAY: PROGRESS REPORT TO THE SAGAY MARINE RESERVE, THE MUSEO SANG BATA SA NEGROS, THE SNORKEL BOB FOUNDATION, & THE GLOBAL CORAL REEF ALLIANCE, Marina Goreau, Director, Children’s Environmental Education; Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, September 28 2007

• EEN KLIMREK VOOR KORAAL, Na twee weken zagen we de puntjes van het koraal al uitgroeien, (Dutch) INTERMEDIAIR, Job Van Der Wagt, Mieke Roth, August 24, 2007

• Tropical Tourists Misled on Coral, Cairns Media Magazine, September 6, 2007

• Museum Gets Snorkeling Gear, The Visayan Daily Star, Bacolod, Philippines, August 3, 2007

• A Taste of History, Poised for Revival, College Point, New York Times, Gregory Beyer, July 22, 2007

• From father to daughter, A child grows up in the lab, and now shows the world what she's learned, Graciela Flores, The Scientist, July 6, 2007

• New York City’s First Pilot Project to Grow Solar-Powered Oyster Reefs to be launched on Sunday, July 1 on New York City’s on Queens Waterfront, GCRA, July 1, 2007

• Lake Worth outfall spews controversy, WPTV video, June 18, 2007

• Many Insist Process Will Harm Coral Reef, Nicole Janok, Palm Beach Post, June 19, 2007

• Harnessing sunshine to regenerate coral, Liz Kalaugher, EnvironmentalResearchWeb, 6.1.2007

• U.N. Informed of Degradation of Mangroves in Guana Cay, Freeport News, Angelo Armbrister, May 11, 2007

• Lobby must pay or appeal fails, Nassau Guardian, Raymond Kongwa, 4/26/2007
  (Urgent appeal for donations)

• Do as I pay, not as I do, Even developers have a place in environmental discourse, The Daily Tar Heel, Editorial Board, 4/20/07

• 'Scientists' giving wrong impression of golf course, The Daily Tar Heel, 4/18/07

• Baker's Bay Development Project, Thomas J. Goreau, GCRA, Save Guana Cay Reef, Bahamas 4/20/2007

• Schools dream a ‘nightmare’, City’s plan for cleanup of toxic school sites inadequate, experts say, patrick arden / metro new york, 4/18/2007

• Donor Attracts Flak for Plans, Company's resort said to harm reefs, The Daily Tar Heel, Colin Campbell, 4/17/07

• Filipino MIT Winners Use Electricity to Spur Coral Growth, Carla Gomez, Global Nation, Visayas Bureau, 02/01/2007

• Biologist works to rescue ailing Queens wetlands, TimesLedger.com, Scott Sieber, 12/28/2006

• Volunteers Start to Build Artificial Reef at Divi, Various press accounts of GCRA building a reef in St. Martin. (PDF) 10.14.2006 

• Public Comments to the Us Coral Reef Task Force From the Global Coral Reef Alliance, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance

• SAVE THE BAHAMAS MEETS WITH GREAT SUCCESS, Press Release, Save Guana Cay Reef Association, October 4, 2006

• Tourism, Water Quality, and Coral Reef Health, Press Release, October 5, 2006.

• 4TH INTERNATIONAL BIOROCK CORAL REEF RESTORATION WORKSHOP, TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 13-20, 2006, GILI TRAWANGAN, LOMBOK, INDONESIA

• Fourth Biorock Workshop, Sponsored by the Global Coral Reef Alliance, Sun & Sea e.V., Vila Ombak Diving Academy, Gili Trawangan, Vila Ombak Resort, November 13-20 2006

• Speaker warns of climate risk, Star Bulletin, Diana Leone, dleone@starbulletin.com, Vol. 11, Issue 208, July 27, 2006

• Biorock is on the map in Ko Tao, Thailand

• Experts hope new safeguards aren't too little, too late for dying reefs in S. Florida, Mike Clary, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, June 22, 2006

• Vandalising the Future, Common Sense, The Jamaica Observer, John Maxwell, Sunday, June 11, 2006

• Divers fret as algae threaten coral reef,  Antigone Barton, Palm Beach Post, 5/26/2006

• Delray, Boynton told to increase monitoring of wastewater dumped into ocean, Erika Slife, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, May 25 2006

• News video of Delray Beach, FL sewer outfall pipe. The NPDES permit for this outfall expired December 2005.

• Dr. Thomas J. Goreau and his team received an award in the IDEAS Competition at MIT, Cambridge, MA for the tidal energy devise and reef restoration project. Video

• GCRA wins MIT Ideas Competition, May 5, 2006

• Energy for Achievement of the MDGs, United Nations, NY, May 4, 2006

• Caribbean Reefs Ailing from Bleaching, Disease, Jim Loney, Reuters, Apr 10, 2006

• Discharge from Delray-Boynton Sewage Treatment Plant Blamed for Reef Algae, Anthony Man, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 3.2.06

• Reef defenders in Bahamas sue over mega-resort, Teresa Castle, San Francisco Chronicle, Chronicle Foreign Service, February 13, 2006

• Deep Concern: Port Everglades Dredging Plan Threatens Coral Reef, David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 2/12/2006

• Sewage Pipe Suspected In Killing of Coral Reef, Danielle Markel, Delray Times, 11.9.2005

• Treated Sewage Triggering Algae Blooms that Endanger Popular Coral Reef, Neil Santaniello, Sun-Sentinel, 10.16.2005

• Third Biorock Workshop, Press Release, Sponsored by the Global Coral Reef Alliance and Sun & Sea e.V., Pemuteran, Bali, November 21-28, 2005

• Third Biorock  Workshop Program, Sponsored by the Global Coral Reef Alliance and Sun & Sea e.V., Pemuteran Bali Taman Sari Resort, November 21-28 2005

• Children Volunteer to Help Save the World's Reefs, May 4, 2005

• Odd Couple Seek Renewal of College Pt. Wetlands, Scott Sieber, Times Ledger.com, 04/28/2005

• PATA Announces 2005 Gold Awards Winners, Bali, Indonesia, March 1, 2005

• 2005 PATA Gold Award in the Ecotourism/Travel-Related category, Bali, Indonesia

• Bali’s Karang Lestari Pemuteran Project Earns ASEANTA Award for Excellence, The Works, Kerobokan, Bali, Indonesia

• Innovative Program to Resurrect Dying Coral Reefs Launched in Lombok, Vila Ombak Diving Academy, 1/03/2005

• Biorock Reefs in Maldives Survive Tsunami Unscratched, Abdul Azeez A. Hakeem, January 3, 2005

• Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004, Martha Wilson, World Wildlife Association

• BBC Program on Global Warming and GCRA Reefs, BBC, September, 22, 2004

• Coral Bleaching and Mucus Release, Thomas J. Goreau, James Cervino, Raymond Hayes, Christian Wild, 9/20/2004

• Tulamben Newsletter, Nursery of Artificial Reefs in Tulamben, Northeastern Bali, 8/2004

•   Official Request to File a Grievance With the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, Thomas Goreau, Cry of the Water

• GCRA Activities: May-June, 2004, Thomas Goreau

• Discarding Gravestones, Burying the Land, New York Times, David Gonzalez, 6/29/2004

• How to Build a Beach, GCRA Press Release, 5/20/2004

• Warming Climate Disrupts Alaska Natives' Lives, Reuters, Yereth Rosen April 16, 2004,

• Farm Nutrients Do Affect Coral Reefs, Letters to the Editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 3, 2004, Thomas Goreau

• Throw Away Society New Threat to Island Paradises, Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Global Ministerial Environment Forum 3/31 04

• Study Blasts Flushing Airport Plan, Aaron Rutkoff, Queens Tribune Online, 3/22/2004

• GCRA Activities: January-February 2004, Thomas Goreau

• Broward County Dredge and Fill Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 1/25/2004

• Ecosurf: Saving the Coral Reefs, Rob Buttimore, Dalhousie Gazette, 10/9/2003

• Halifax Dudes Set to Surf, Save World, Halifax Daily News, October, 10, 2003

• Divers Plunge into Countywide Effort to Loosen Algae's Grip on Broward Reefs, Sun Sentinel, September 28, 2003

• Biorock Workshop held in Bali from January 12-24, 2004

• Tom Goreau Speaks at DEMA, October 8, 2003, Miami Beach, FL

• Coral Bleaching and Disease Affect Broward Reefs, September 21, 2003

• Children's Environmental Education Program: Kuna Yala, Panama, Phase II, Marina Goreau, Thomas J. Goreau, Roque Solis September 4 2003

• BROWARD COUNTY Reef photos

• BROWARD COUNTY, Environmental Report

• BROWARD COUNTY Goreau Testimony Regarding Broward County Dredging Project, May 13, 2003

• BROWARD COUNTY County OK's more beach funds. State approval still months off, Miami Herald, January 29, 2003

• BROWARD COUNTY THOUSANDS OF MARINE CORALS TO BE BURIED, Goreau to testify against Broward County, FL dredging project. 11/26/2002

• Broward County Beach Dredging Project, Coverage of the public meeting, 4/30/2002

• BROWARD COUNTY Comments on EIS for Broward County, (PDF) FL Proposed Dredging Project, 5/9/2002

• BROWARD COUNTY Ancient Reef Threatened By Dredge Project, Broward County, FL, Cry of the Water, 8/23/2001

• Goreau and Hilbertz speak at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture,  August 7-10, 2003, Merritt College, Oakland/Berkeley, California

• Larry Brand Flouts the Grant System, Pays the Price,  Steven Dudley, miaminewtimes.com, Originally published by Miami New Times Jun 05, 2003

• Ig Agung Prana Nomitated for Prestigious Unep Sasakawa Award, May 2, 2003

• Scientists and Divers Urgently Petition State of Florida and the Federal Government to Save North America's Last Healthy Near Shore Coral Reefs, January 5, 2003 

• Global Coral Reef Alliance Project Honored By International Award for Coral Reef Restoration in Bali,   GCRA Press release, 11/22/2002

• Global Warming Kills South Pacific Coral Reefs, GCRA Press release, 4/16/2002

• GCRA Reef Site Wins SKAL Ecotourism Award, Pemuteran Coral Conservation Karang Lestari, Indonesia, November 6, 2002

• New Source for Information on the Destruction and Rehabilitation of the World’s Coral Reefs, Press release on new GCRA web site.

• Global Change, Coral Reef Restoration, Sustainable Fisheries and Renewable Ocean Energy Development,  World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,  August 29 2002

• Saya De Malha Bathymetric Survey Report, September, 2002

• GCRA Project in Bali Wins Award, May, 2002

• Bali Reef Bombers, Photos depict the capture of poachers caught dynamiting Bali reefs in March of 2002.

• GCRA Project in Bali Nominated for SKAL International Ecotourism Award, June, 2002

• More Bleaching, Undercurrent,  June 5, 2002

• Reef Killer Unmasked,  ScienceNow, Noreen Parks, July 21, 2002

• Childrens to Children Program, 5/9/2002, Plan to donate children's snorkeling gear to Kuna Indian children in Panama

• Grist Heat Beat, Taking the Earth's temperature, Grist Magazine, Leonie Haimson, 4/19/2002

• Global Warming Kills South Pacific Coral Reefs, April 16, 2002

• Massive Coral Bleaching Strikes Great Barrier Reef,  NewScientist.com 4/12/2002

• Unique Vabbinfaru Lotus Reef Restoration Project Launched Successfully,  November, 2001, Banyan Tree, Maldives Vabbinfaru

07/02/2008