Indonesia coral reef partially restored in extensive project

DDG returned a forbes article which has much more information about the project[1]. Maybe my search prowess isn't very good, but that's the best I could find (it presents the information much more easily than the Sheba project page).

The reef stars are seeded with reef fragments, which can be easily grown in tanks. They say that they are using 42 "types" of coral. These frags will likely grow really quickly, and fill the area with coral. It's really great to see so much money and effort that uses local resources to help restore the reefs. This will could really help kickstart reef restoration in the areas.

I wish I could find more detailed information on the project; if the 42 "types" are from 42 unique source corals, and they are of different species, it seems like a limited improvement. Corals can't reproduce with their own clones. If it is the case it's from 42 sources, then while this will definitely help restore the environment in the short term, it may be of limited long-term help, particularly if the sources of destruction are not addressed.

1: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johannaread/2021/05/05/the-sheb...

There was a nice survey article last year: Coral restoration – A systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

We still have a lot to learn!

There's also this article about coral reef restoration in Belize that also sounds like some rare good news for corals: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210430-the-woman-who-re... It's interesting to see how they've learned to grow the coral quicker and more effectively.

I keep seeing stories about reef disappearing on here so I thought this would be good to see as well.

Jesus Forbes, I can barely read the article, there's just so much crap on the screen. bah.

Not a lot of details here other than the "reef stars" which provide a substrate for new coral growth. But what led to the coral death in the first place? Probably warmer water - not sure how this helps with that unless they're attaching species that can do well in warmer water (such as corals from the red sea, for example). There could have been other issues that led to coral death in that area such as an overabundance of nitrogen and phosphates from fertilizer runoff - unless that's addressed it's going to keep happening.