The Biorock Channel: YouTube video collections

Mara G. Haseltine: Artist  www.calamara.com

The Curacao-Biorock Foundation was founded in December 2016. Curacao Diver has always been committed to reef protection and is now proud to do even more to protect, rebuild and research the reefs.

Living Sea Sculpture Aquatic Biorock ® art, fostering communities of living organisms above and below the surface.

Colleen Flanigan Artist working in partnership with GCRA on Living Sea Sculptures and marine restoration

ReefDoctor is a UK-based, non-profit marine conservation organisation implementing marine management, education and social development work with local fishing communities in Madagascar.

Provitapax Marine Research Association is a website that promotes simple methods to rescue dying marine organisms and turn them back into complex ecosystems.

Natural Currents is a leading US clean technology company with a primary focus on marine tidal power generation systems.

Espace Bleu is a private company working to preserve coral reefs in French Polynesia. With GCRA and local resorts located in Bora Bora and Moorea, Espace Bleu develops Biorock® programs.

Windjammer Resort and Beach Club featured the world record dive and will install a Web Camera focused on GCRA’s solar power buoys.

Abstract Fish and Flowers helps educate snorkelers and new visitors to the Reef about the etiquette of responsible snorkeling and behavior.

Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF) is dedicated to the preservation of the marine environment.

Archipelago, Luxury Liveaboard Cruises, Banda Sea, Indonesia, Luxury Cruises diving Banda aboard Archipelago Resorts & Fleet, Dive Liveaboards exploring Banda Sea, Maluku, Indonesia.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand, internationally renowned photographer, makes his feature directorial debut with this environmentally conscious documentary shot in 54 countries and 120 locations.

Australian Institute of Marine Science, Great Barrier Reef

Bahamas Environmental Center, An educational facility to increase awareness and support for coral reefs in the northern Bahamas

Big Game fish Parasites Lucy Bunkley-Williams and Ernest H. Williams, Jr.

Biorock® Technology Thailand (BTT) is a non-profit affiliate group of the Global Coral Reef Alliance, which engages in environmental improvement and restoration programs.

Biorock®.Net A method of enhancing the growth of aquatic organisms, and structures created thereby.

Blue Seas Courtyard offers the charm of an old world Mexican courtyard in an idyllic Florida beachside setting and home to a major Biorock project.

BROWARD COUNTY Reef photos
BROWARD COUNTY, Environmental Report

Coastal Marine Institute at LSU, Completed Projects, 9/1/2011

Community Commitment.net, Site highlights information about organizations which are doing exemplary and innovative community service work.

Coral Bones, Will tropical coral reefs be the first ecosystem to be eliminated by global warming? Caspar Henderson, 11.9.2005

The Coral Goddess, a living artwork dedicated to the health of our seas. This award-winning Karang Lestari coral reef restoration project uses Biorock® technology, a method that takes advantage of a gentle electrical charge to enhance coral growth and survival rates.

Coral Links – Extensive link list of the Coral Health and Monitoring Group

Coral Reef Ecology – Information on coral reef monitoring, imaging and analysis.

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.

CRC Reef Research Centre – GBR management and sustainable development.

Cry Of The Water, Broward County, Florida.

CulturalArtifacts.com, Balinese carvings and artifacts.

Dive The World – Liveaboards, resorts, scuba diving holidays.

Dive Training Magazine is diving’s education-based magazine for new divers, divers in all levels of training, their instructors and those who own and operate dive centers.

EcoRigs Gulf Productions, Inc., studies marine habitats beneath offshore oil platforms.

Ed Drew’s HALIMEDA page – Ecology of Halimeda calcareous algae.

Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach, dedicated to raising awareness of Miami-Dade County’s residents and visitors to surrounding ecosystems.

Environmental Planning & Design, LLC (EPD) provides expertise in sustainable development technologies.

Ertch, Environmental Reef Technologies, Calcium reactors for aquariums.

Fernanda Duarte Amaral, Brazilian coral reefs, (Portuguese).

FishBase – Fish biology, taxonomy, population dynamics, ecology, species lists.

Friends of Hanauma Bay, Dedicated to conservation of coastal/marine environments, emphasizing stewardship of the natural resources found in Hanauma Bay, Hawaii.

Friends Of Tobi Island, Tobi is a small coral island nearly 400 miles northeast of Koror, the capital of the Republic of Palau.

Gaia Discovery gives authentic stories on eco-tourism, eco-living and heritage in Asia Pacific.

Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation, Inc., Provides a showcase collection of aquatic plants, fish, reef animals and products.

The Gili Eco Trust is a local NGO which protects both marine and land environment of the Gili islands in Indonesia, with the local association of marine security SATGAS. It uses a leading-edge Coral Reefs Restoration Program based on Biorock® technology.

Grains of Sand – Bulletins and other data from the Saya Expedition

Great Barracuda Pages, More than you want to know about barracuda.

Great Barrier Reef, Coral Bleaching, 2002, Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Environmental Defense Fund

ICLARM: Home Page – International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management. A broad range of research projects in developing countries.

iii & associates, inc., Descendants of a family that arrived on the island of St. Croix approximately two and a half centuries ago; dedicated to the preservation, conservation, maintaining and enhancing their environment.

The Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology (ITME), Commonwealth of Dominica.

5thInternational Deepsea Coral Symposium, Spring 2012, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

International Marinelilfe Alliance, IMA works to end human influences that degrade and destroy the world’s marine environment.

Island Resources Foundation, an environmental non profit organization that works on environmental problems of development in small tropical islands.

Kuna Lodge, Panama, Location of a Biorock Reef.

Lighthouse Foundation – Provided funding for Saya Expedition.

Lombok Bali Hotels & Travel, Information on Bali.

Marubis (Mariner Arten- und Biotopschutz e.V.) is a German non-profit organization dedicated in the protection of coral reefs, other marine biotopes.

Martin County Artificial Reef Program, Martin County, FL.

The Marine Education Trust (MET) helps communities discover and understand the marine environment.

Marine Foundation, Projects involve creating living coral sculptures using the Biorock® reef restoration method.

“Swim Around” author/diver Paul Mila’s website for entertaining dive fiction, you-tube links of exciting underwater encounters, and more!

Mineral Accretion Photos from Wolf Hilbertz

NAUSICAA¤ -French National Sea Experience Center, in Boulogne-sur-Mer (Northern France), is a Science Center entirely dedicated to the relationship between Mankind and the Sea.

Climatarians is a green living online community dedicated to stopping global warming.

NOAA – Average monthly water temperatures for U.S. costal waters.

NOAA – El Niño status updated monthly.

NOAA – NOAA’s predictions of coral bleaching based on the Hotspot method.

NOAA Home Page. Coral health & monitoring programs, bleaching and SST data, research abstracts.

Non-Destructive Coral Health Monitoring Home Page – Coral health monitoring via induced fluorescence.

Nongeniculate coralline algae – Ecology and classification of crustose coralline algae.

Ocean care St Maarten, Ocean Care has been founded in 2004 in order to help preserve the coral reefs and ocean surrounding St Maarten.

On-line coral identification guide – UK guide provides information about coral species.

Out Island Pathologist.1, Health diagnosis of a reef system in Guana Cay, Bahamas.

Out Island Pathologist.2, Health diagnosis of a reef system in Guana Cay, Bahamas.

Parasites of Puerto Rican Freshwater Sport Fishes, (English) Lucy Bunkley-Williams and Ernest H. Williams, Jr.

Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation, Regarded as the world’s preeminent awards for marine conservation.

Physalia Ocean Sciences, Artificial Reef Information and links.

Project Aware, Conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action.

Project LISA (English) (Italian) Innovative techniques for conservation and enrichment of underwater ecosystems on Italian and Mediterranean coasts.

ReEarth, Protecting our Planet, Environmental issues in the Bahamas.

ReefBase, An online information system on coral reefs.

Reef Relief Founders.com. The new website features blogs on reef news, science and even offshore oil, along with images of coral reefs in the Florida Keys, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas and elsewhere.

Save Guana Cay Reef, is a group dedicated to protecting this natural wonder and ensuring that there is a long lasting legacy for Abaconians.

Rigs-to-Reefs Information. What is Rigs-to-Reefs and how does it relate to the mission of the Minerals Management Service (MMS)?

Scuba Diving Directory – Worldwide dive resources. Support Marine Environmental Conservation.

SeaSpan, Indonesia.

Shifting Baselines. The truth about ocean decline.

Small Island Developing States

Stanford University site on mineral accretion.

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

Surfspots-GPS is an online resource for Worldwide Surfing, Ocean Conservation and Marine Life preservation.

Taman Sari Hotel, Bali, Indonesia

The Coral Process, University of Texas, Prof. W.H.Hilbertz

The EnvironMinute, A 60-second radio feature heard domestically in the U.S. on over 150 radio stations and internationally on VOM and Armed Forces Radio.

The Green Millennium Club Online Magazine, Environmental education and awareness site that supports the work of the GCRA.

The JMS Relief Fund: In the wake of the Asian tsunami disaster, the JMSRF has endorsed the BioReef concept. Project planning is underway for the deployment of BioReef structures in Khao Lak, and the Similan Islands, Thailand.

The Law of Nature Foundation is the international name of the Batas Kalikasan Foundation, a network of volunteer citizens working for the conservation, protection and restoration of the Earth, especially that patch of the sea unparalleled in its beauty and bounty– the Visayan Seas.

Undercurrent, The private, exclusive guide for serious divers, Since 1975.

Underwater History of Honokawai– Observed changes in Honokawai, Maui from 1988-1995.

United Nations Environment Programme and the Global Ministerial Environment, UNEP,  Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.

Vetiver Farms implements natural and permaculture methods utilizing domesticated animals and plants to minimize dependency on fossil fuels.

Vŏnē Research is a 501(c)3, non profit organization comprised totally of volunteers who devote their time: To increase public awareness of Florida’s maritime history and oceanic resources.  To work in conjunction with governmental and other like-minded agencies to provide research, conservation, preservation and education with respect to our oceanic, historical and archaeological resources. Vone Research is GCRA’s local partner in the construction, installation, monitoring, maintenance, and repair of Biorock projects.

Website of Professor Wolf Hilbertz. Site offers a wide selection of papers and publications authored by Professor Wolf Hilbertz.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre – Sustainable management, databases, maps, and statistics.