In response to the ongoing damage to coral reefs and the consequences on sand erosion, hotel industries in Mauritius have started to engage on beach and lagoonal rehabilitation works as well as coral farming as being a major part of conservation strategies. The project consisted of two parts. First,...

Expedition Akumal, a community-led reef restoration project in Quintana Roo, Mexico, began in 2014 with the installation of coral nurseries of 35 fragments of Acropora cervicornis collected from the seafloor. Propagation of these fragments developed the nurseries at 2 sites with 350 coral fragments ...

Sarawak is one of the biggest state in Malaysia, located between the latitude 0º 50'and 5’N and longitude 109º 36' and 115 º 40'E. Sarawak has the second longest coastline 1051km in Malaysia, thus the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Sarawak occupies the southern part of the South China Sea wit...

Maldivian hermatypic coral reefs have been exposed to disturbances for more than two centuries (Brown and Dunne 1988). Coral is not only the basis of which the Maldives is formed but, historically the founding blocks for houses, businesses, and mosques (Sluka and Miller 1998). Subsequent to the firs...

The fringing reefs of the Andaman Islands have, in the recent past, been subject to overfishing, siltation, and El-Nino related mass bleaching events. Reefs here have been in decline with reports showing decreasing live coral cover from 80% in 1998 to 41.9% in 2011. The project started in November 2...

The National Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Mexico (INAPESCA) works on a project for development biotechnology to produce coral colonies and implement actions for reef restoration. The project began in 2009; an aquarium system with controlled conditions (SCC) and small modules of marine n...

In coral reef restoration, we do not publish what failed. Which means, everybody is re-inventing the wheel at some point unaware of failed techniques or mistakes done by others. We need to share failures, so as a community of coral reef scientists and practitioners, we can learn what works and what ...

As public awareness around the issue of marine litter and microplastics increases, so do public and private sector measures to reduce waste in the ocean. However, the extent of marine litter and microplastic (ranging from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm) occurrence across ocean biomes and species remains poorly ch...

Acropora cervicornis was restored on two sites (Jeff Davis and Playa Lechi) on Bonaire and monitored for 1 year. Playa Lechi is located in front of the main city of Kralendijk while Jeff Davis is 7 km north. On each site 50 one meter quadrats were installed covering approximately an area of 150m2. O...

The U.S. Territory of American Samoa is located in the Central South Pacific and consists of five high volcanic islands and two atolls, forming the easterly portion of an archipelago shared with independent Samoa. Historically, American Samoa has strong ecological, economical, and cultural reliance ...

Coral growth is a critical aspect to reef health, resiliency under rapidly changing environmental conditions, and restoration efforts. Although fragmenting has been occurring for many years in an effort to restore reefs, recently it was discovered that microfragmenting, the process of cutting one co...

Global deterioration of coral reefs globally due to a variety of variables has put this critical ocean ecosystem at risk. To combat this decline large-scale global action and restoration methods are being implemented. In this study, we attempt to rehabilitate coral reefs surrounding the Dutch Caribb...

The Coral Restoration Foundation Curaçao (CRFC) was founded in 2015 as a non-profit organization, with missions “(a) to promote awareness of coral reef health and survival and the environmental and social benefits of reef ecosystems; (b) to engage communities in nursery and restoration efforts by...

The non-profit Coral Restoration Foundation Bonaire (CRFB) uses offshore coral nursery and outplanting techniques to enhance the population of critically endangered Acropora corals. Combining science, education, and eco-tourism, this successful model engages local stakeholders and recreational diver...

The National Park of Cancún and Isla Mujeres is one of the most visited areas in Mexico, it was established as a marine protected area in 1996 with the purpose of ensuring the conservation of the coral reefs. Some of its greatest threats are storms, hurricans, tourist impacts and ship groundings, s...

CORAL RESTORATION IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, SUSTAINABILITY FOR WHO? A STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS OF FACTORS OF SUCCESS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ‘RECEPIENTS’ Daryl McPhee, Lynne Armitage, Igo Gari, Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, 14 University, Robina, Queensland 4226, Australia Sustain...

The challenges we face are evident. What’s happening to our planet is real. There are facts to convince, figures to corroborate and stories to compel. Yet the message is still getting lost. Why? The easy answer is “People don’t want to hear it.” Which begs the follow-up question, are we doin...

Coral reefs are complex and productive ecosystems that encompass the highest biodiversity of any marine ecosystem. Unfortunately, 2010-2016 bleaching events seriously affected coral reefs health of the Republic of Maldives, including the coral reefs surrounding Magoodhoo Island, Faafu Atoll. This st...

Coral reefs are in rapid decline around the world, particularly in the two Caribbean species Acropora palmata and Orbicella faveolata. These species are stony corals that have been unable to reproduce and grow fast enough to keep up with the recent bleaching events and outbreaks of disease. Coral mi...