ANIAquatic News Index
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   ANI Home
    • Aquatic News Index
    • Manila Bulletin
    • View Item
    •   ANI Home
    • Aquatic News Index
    • Manila Bulletin
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Request this article
    Date
    July 9, 2015
    Author
    Sheridan, Kerry
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Classification code
    MB20150709_B9
    Excerpt
    Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists cut off the tips of live branching corals, hang the pieces on man-made underwater trees where they grow, and later "outplant" them on real reefs on the ocean floor. After years of trial and error, scientists in Florida are now bringing their methods to the public -- via diving trips, ecotourism outings and summer camps for teens -- to counter the harmful effects of climate change, pollution and industrial development. "It is just like if you had a rosebush in your garden. As you prune that rosebush back, it grows back healthier, bushier, a little more lively," explains Stephanie Schopmeyer, senior research associate at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine Science, which runs a program called Rescue a Reef that allows citizen scientists to join the project.
    Citation
    Sheridan, K. (2015, July 9). Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs. Manila Bulletin, p. B9.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/1674
    Subject
    Coral reefs; Ecotourism; Environmental impact; Climatic changes; Pollution control; Coral reef conservation; Coral reef restoration; Artificial reefs; Ocean floor; Polyps; Habitat; Overfishing; Acidification; Marine scientists; Coral farming; University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine Science; Schopmeyer, Stephanie; Besemer, Nicole; Lirman, Diego; Fiji, Israel
    Collections
    • Manila Bulletin [1948]

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Thumbnail

      Experts push solutions for PH corals 

      (The Manila Times, August 31, 2017, on page B5)
      Marine biologists and experts in a recent forum put forward science-based solutions to address issues on protecting the country’s corals. Wilfredo Roehl Licuanan, in his talk entitled “Current Status of PH Coral Reefs and ...
    • Thumbnail

      Is the DPWH killing coral reefs? 

      See, Aie Balagtas (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2017, on page A19)
      He might get into trouble for it, renowned marine biologist Wilfredo Licuanan himself admitted, but he just had to say it: “The No. 1 destroyer of coral reefs in the Philippines is the Department of Public Works and ...
    • Thumbnail

      Pioneer Adhesives launches community, environmental efforts in Palawan 

      (Malaya, July 20, 2016, on page B7)
      Republic Chemical Industries Inc. (RCI), maker of Pioneer Epoxy, and its affiliate Pioneer Adhesive Foundation Inc. (PAFI), have recently conducted community relations and environmental efforts last July 15-17, 2016 in ...

    SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department copyright © 2017
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    ANI is maintained by 
    SEAFDEC/AQD Library
     

     

    Browse

    All of ANICollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesNamesSubjectsSpeciesPlacesThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesNamesSubjectsSpeciesPlaces

    My Account

    Login

    SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department copyright © 2017
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    ANI is maintained by 
    SEAFDEC/AQD Library