Coral Reef Restoration (Bolinao, Philippines) in the Face of Frequent Natural Catastrophes

Restoration of coral reefs is usually studied under the most favorable environmental conditions, and this provision does not necessarily reflect the situation in this field. In the two years of research (2005 - 2007), the concept of "coral reef gardening" restoration (including nursery bed and transplant stage) was used in a region of Bolinao, Philippines under severe human stress. The area has also experienced severe weather conditions including a strong season of the southwest monsoon and three random environmental events. (1) typhoon 4 attacks the Borneo lagoon (May 2006), (2) heavy rain (August 2006) freshwater leakage, subsequent salt concentration reduction, effects on the transplanted colony, (3) ) Bleaching phenomena due to seawater warming (June 2007), severe nurseries and impact on transplanted corals. In this research, we analyze the impact of these natural disasters on recovery work and explain the success and failure of recently used repair tools. (1) Deep and flexible construction and prioritization of mature species / genotypes should be considered in the nursery stage; (2) consideration of transplant behavior, location / species review, timing and selection of specific locations It should be. Take an account. Restoration of management to accommodate large seedbeds and large-scale transplants and changing environments can prevent widespread coral reef degradation by a combination of ongoing humans and worsening global changes.

Dr. Dirk Petersen, executive director and founder of SECORE, says: "However, the results often lack short-lived, comprehensive concepts.In addition, the true ability of coral restoration has not been exhausted. Through our joint global coral restoration project, our goal is to change this "The first stage will focus on the Caribbean. Scientists from the three major partner organizations gather a deep knowledge of the breeding of coral coral corals and coral repair and protection methods and use various tools to perform coral repair on large coral reefs I am planning that.

Restoration of coral reefs is usually studied under the most favorable environmental conditions, and this provision does not necessarily reflect the situation in this field. In the two years of research (2005 - 2007), the concept of "coral reef gardening" restoration (including nursery bed and transplant stage) was used in a region of Bolinao, Philippines under severe human stress. The area has also experienced severe weather conditions including a strong season of the southwest monsoon and three random environmental events. (1) Typhoon 4 attacks the Borneo lagoon (May 2006), (2) heavy rain (August 2006) freshwater leakage, subsequent salinity reduction, impact on transplant colonies, (3) seawater Bleaching phenomenon due to global warming (June 2007), severely damaged seedbeds, transplanted corals

People who want to experience diving at natural coral reefs need to positively portize corals to degraded coral reefs in order to offset the influence of diving. In Florida, the Coral Revitalization Foundation sets standards for how to restore coral reefs through ecotourism. PADI is the world's largest diving certification program and recently launched the Coral Remediation Diving program. However, many older school coral researchers like Terry Hughes (Professor and ARC Director) are opposed to this innovative intervention. Pierce your finger. Instead, he said that the only viable solution to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions through political action (like Ove-Guldberg in 2006) is to protect corals.