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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
Workshop Theme
The Biorock Process or mineral
accretion is a revolutionary technology used to grow structures and marine
ecosystems in seawater. It provides a cost-effective and sustainable method to
accelerate coral growth and increase coral survival particularly in areas where
environmental stress has affected existing reefs. Biorock methods can help
restore damaged coral reefs and provide building materials from sustainable
energy resources for mariculture of corals, oysters, clams, lobsters and fish.
When mixed with aggregates, accreted minerals can be used as building components
on the sea bottom or on land.
Workshop participants will experience hands-on training in the simple techniques
needed to design, construct, maintain and monitor Biorock coral nurseries for
reef restoration and will be introduced to basic Biorock technologies useful in
the emerging discipline of seascape architecture.
The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Tom Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef
Alliance: Professor Wolf Hilbertz, President of Sun and Sea e.V. as well as
several Biorock project managers and staff. The workshop will be held on Gili
Trawangan,
Lombok,
Indonesia. In 2005 Biorock projects won the
Association of South East Asian Nations Tourism Agencies Award for Excellence
and the Pacific Asia Travel Association Gold Award for best environmental
effort, adding to a long list of awards received previously. Participants in
this years’ workshop will contribute to a documentary being filmed by a joint
French-German TV production crew.
What is a Biorock Reef
Biorock technology applies a
safe low-voltage electrical current through seawater, causing dissolved minerals
to precipitate onto cathodic surfaces growing into white limestone/brucite
structures similar to those that make up coral reefs and nourish tropical white
sand beaches. Biorock methods speed up coral growth even where excessive
temperatures, pollution, sedimentation and other stress-inducing factors have
damaged reefs and other marine habitats.
New Biorock structures are soon populated by a full range of coral reef
organisms, including fish, crabs, clams octopus, lobster, sea urchins and
barnacles.
For more information on the Biorock process and bios of the workshop organizers
please see the Global Coral Reef Alliance website:
www.globalcoral.org
Who Should Attend
Dive shop operators, hotel and
resort managers, conservation groups, coastal zone managers, fishing
communities, marine scientists, mariculturists, tourism agencies, seascape and
landscape architects, engineers, artists, government fisheries, environmental,
and tourism policy makers, and others who seek the training necessary to design,
construct and operate their own Biorock structures for reef restoration, erosion
control, tourism, mariculture, remediation or marine science.
Since hands-on, in the water instruction is part of the workshop program, we
recommend that participants interested in that portion be experienced, certified
divers.
We anticipate attendance from
Indonesia, many Asian countries and from around
the world, making this workshop a unique experience for participants to learn
from one another about coral reef problems and solutions.
What You Will Learn
The workshop will be comprised
of lectures, slides and videos on the theory and practice of current and past
mineral accretion projects and Biorock coral nurseries in Indonesia, Thailand,
Papua New Guinea, Maldives, Mexico, Panama, US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Palau,
Seychelles, Saya de Malha, India, Cuba the United States and many other
locations.
Participants will receive practical training in design, construction and
maintenance of coral nurseries. They will work with local welders, dive shops,
fishermen and Pemuteran villagers to construct, deploy and install new coral and
fish nurseries. After the workshop there will be an opportunity for
participants to apply their knowledge and skills in starting new projects in
other parts of Bali, other islands of Indonesia including Lombok and Flores
(near the Komodo National Park), or to start projects in their own home sites.
Workshop Highlights
November 13, 2006
12: 00pm:
Registration, Orientation pack, required reading list, Afternoon Tea
Speakers and Guests
Dr Jamaluddin Jompa, director
Coral
Reef
Research
Center
Hasannuddin
University,
Makassar
Buffet Dinner
Screening of video “Reef Reborn” an internationally acclaimed documentary on the
Pemuteran project directed by Michael Balson produced by New Zealand Natural
History Films.
November 14 (Guest Speakers TBA)
Morning
9am:
Lecture: Global Warming and Coral Reefs.
Bottom-Up Community-Based Coral
Reef and Fisheries Restoration. Current Coral Reef Restoration technologies.
Introduction of Biorock. Dr. Tom Goreau
Coffee Break
10:30-12:00
Snorkeling/Diving of Trawangan Biorock
Structures. Discussion of form and function in reef restoration.
Lunch Break
12:00-2:00
Lecture: 2:00-3:00pm.
Biorock Theory: Slide and film presentations on the
theory of mineral accretion, reef construction,
mariculture, seascaping, shore
protection, architectural applications. Hands-on methods for reef construction,
coral transplantation, and marine
pest control. - Professor Wolf Hilbertz
3:00-4:00
-Introduction of next days activities ie. group formation to develop
coral reef restoration project(s).
Project choices Biorock, FAD, aquarium fish,
erosion protection etc.
4:00-5:00
– Free time for snorkeling and diving project.
Dinner
6-8pm
November 15
Morning
9am:
Form into groups to develop
coral reef restoration project(s). Group(s) consult with advisors.
Coffee Break:
10:30-11:00
Finalizing concept, materials
of group(s) restoration projects with Advisors.
Lunch Break:
12:00-2:00
Introduction of construction
techniques, handling of materials and tools. Organizing materials for project(s).
Commencement of project(s).
Dinner:
6-8pm
November 15-19
Reef construction, deployment,
connection of electrodes to power supplies, coral transplantation. Construction
documentation on land and underwater. Discussions, screening of videos and
still photography. Excursions to points of interest.
November 19
Question and answer session,
final discussions, problems encountered in reef restoration and solutions.
Future directions.
Buffet Dinner, Farewell address
November 20
Check out and transfer to next
destination.
Workshop Fees (USD)
Individuals:
$500
Students:
$250
Corporate and Institutional: $1500
Regional students and faculty should inquire about reduced rates/waivers and
stipends
Fees cover boat use, dive tanks, workshop materials
Wetsuits, BCs, regulators, fins
and masks will be available for rent but may be limited. Please bring your own
equipment where possible. (Some international airlines flying to
Indonesia will provide an additional baggage
allowance for SCUBA Diving equipment if advised upon booking of ticket.)
Accommodation
Hotel Vila Ombak Resort and Spa.
www.hotelombak.com
Prices are US $ per person per night, twin share / double, tax and service,
inclusive daily buffet breakfast and buffet dinner.
(Lunch
and Drinks are not included)
Superior Lumbung with free upgrade to Deluxe Lumbung subject to availability:
Twin Share Double US $45 per person
Single Occupancy US $ 80.00 per person
Deluxe Family Bungalow with free upgrade to Deluxe Ombak Room subject to
availability:
Twin Share Double US 55.00 per
person
Single Occupancy US $ 100.00 per person
Extra Bed and meals package: Add US $ 30.00 per night. Maximum 1 Extra Bed per
room in this category.
Details on budget accommodation options on Gili Trawangan, transfers ex
Bali, including budget options, will be available soon on
www.biorockworkshops.org
Registration and Accommodations Contact:
Mr. I. G. Beratha
Email:
reefreborn@yahoo.com
Telephone: 62 361 742 1165 or 62 361 261 240
Payment: All Major credit cards accepted
Bank: TBA.
A deposit of 20% of the workshop fee is required by
August 31, 2006 to ensure participation.
Full payment of workshop fee and accommodation / meals package by
August 31, 2006 will attract a five (5) percent discount.
The Global Coral Reef
Alliance
(GCRA)
The Global Coral Reef Alliance
is a non-profit organization dedicated to growing, protecting and managing the
most threatened of all marine ecosystems-coral reefs. GCRA has pioneered
methodologies to help reefs survive and recover from diseases and anthropogenic
damage caused by excessive nutrients, climate change and physical destruction.
BiorockTM is a trademark of Biorock, Inc. The BiorockTM Process
is owned by BiorockTM, Inc.
Website:
www.globalcoral.org
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