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August 28 2006 PRESS RELEASE:
4TH INTERNATIONAL
BIOROCK®
CORAL REEF RESTORATION WORKSHOP
The Biorock® Process or mineral accretion is a revolutionary technology used to grow structures and marine ecosystems in seawater. It provides a cost-effective and sustainable method to accelerate coral growth and increase coral survival particularly in areas where environmental stress has affected existing reefs. Biorock methods can help restore damaged coral reefs and provide building materials from sustainable energy resources for mariculture of corals, oysters, clams, lobsters and fish. Workshop participants will experience hands-on training in the simple techniques needed to design, construct, maintain and monitor Biorock coral nurseries for reef restoration and will be introduced to basic Biorock technologies useful in the emerging discipline of seascape architecture. The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Tom Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance: Professor Wolf Hilbertz, President of Sun and Sea e.V. as well as several Biorock project managers and staff. The workshop will be held on Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia. In 2005 Biorock projects won the top environmental awards of the Association of South East Asian Nations Tourism Agencies Award for Excellence and the Pacific Asia Travel Association Gold Award for Best Environmental Effort, adding to a long list of awards received previously. Participants in this years’ workshop will contribute to a documentary being filmed by a joint French-German TV production crew. All concerned about restoring damaged coral reefs and fisheries are invited to attend.
For more information: http://www.globalcoral.org/Biorock%20Workshop%20Information.1.htm http://www.1-2-dive.com/biorock.html Registration: Mr. I. G. Beratha Email: reefreborn@yahoo.com PHOTOGRAPH NEXT PAGE: One and a half year old Biorock reef at Gili Trawangan. April 2006. Emma Woolacott.
One and a half year old Biorock reef at Gili Trawangan. April 2006. Emma Woolacott |
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