Global Coral Reef Alliance
GCRA 2019 Winter Solstice Report
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance Happy Winter Solstice! Throughout 2019 GCRA continued to work with grassroots local marine environmental protection and sustainable management groups all around the world to maintain existing Biorock...
In Memoriam: Dr. Dean Jacobson, microbiologist, artist, Marshall Islands coral reef hero
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance The Global Coral Reef Alliance is sad to report the loss of a real Marshall Islands coral reef hero, Dr. Dean Jacobson. Dean’s strong commitment to both scientific study and protection of the environment...
In Memoriam – Dr. Norman Myers
Dr. Tom Goreau, President of GCRA is sad to note the death of a greatly valued colleague and environmental hero, Dr. Norman Myers, of Oxford University, one of the world’s pioneering experts on species extinction, conservation, deforestation, and impacts of climate...
Corals reefs will be executed by US government policies
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance Corals reefs worldwide will be deliberately murdered by today’s announcement of the US government’s withdrawal from international agreements to limit climate change. This comes 30 years after it was shown...
GCRA signs collaboration agreement with Small Island Developing States at the UN
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance The Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA) and SIDS DOCK, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Sustainable Energy and Climate Resilience Organization, signed an agreement to collaborate on the SIDS...
GCRA and Biorock Indonesia participation in Archipelagic and Island States Forum 2019 in Manado, Indonesia
GCRA and Biorock Indonesia will participate in the upcoming Archipelagic and Island States Forum 2019 Archipelagic and Island States Forum 2019 aims to promote smart and innovative solutions to challenges faced by AIS Forum participating countries through...
GCRA participation in 2do Conversatorio de Comunidades Urbano Costeras in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dr Tom Goreau, President of Global Coral Reef Alliance, was a key speaker in the 2do Conversatorio de Comunidades Urbano Costeras: “Restaurando Barreras Naturales para la Resiliencia”, hosted by the Coalición para la Restauración de los Ecosistemas Santurcinos (CRES...
In memoriam – Rani Morrow-Wuigk
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance The Global Coral Reef Alliance, Biorock Indonesia, and Yayasan Karang Lestari are very deeply saddened to announce the death of Rani Morrow-Wuigk. Rani loved Bali, and she especially loved diving and...
Bahamas hurricane destruction
Abaco and Grand Bahama have just been devastated by the Atlantic hurricane with the strongest winds recorded at landfall. The local fishermen have lived there since the 1700s and are used to surviving hurricanes every year, but they have never seen damage from wave...
8 year old wins environmental award with coral reef protection film
Ocean Wilkins, just 8 years old, is a passionate lover of coral reefs from Brisbane, Australia, who wants to bring the dead coral reefs in front of his home in Moreton Bay back to life with Biorock coral reefs. Moreton Bay once had thriving reefs with nearly...
Dr Tom Goreau to talk on Communities of Ocean Action (COAs), 30-31 May 2019
Dr. Thomas Goreau, Advisor for Ocean Work Programme, Small Island Developing States DOCK (https://sidsdock.org/) will speak on: Lessons from the COAs on Sustainable Blue Economy and Scientific Knowledge, Research Capacity Development and Transfer...
Stephen Attis – In Memoriam
The Global Coral Reef Alliance is deeply saddened to report the loss of the head of Vone Research “Diving for Science”. Steve led the heroic crew that built, installed, and maintained the Biorock coral reef at Lauderdale By The Sea. He was an...
Dr Tom Goreau to talk on Global Earth Repair Conference, May 3-5 2019
The Global Earth Repair Conference will bring 500 or more people together to talk about earth repair (ecosystem restoration) at local, regional, state, national and international levels. More information in: ...
Dr Tom Goreau to talk on BioGeoTherapy: Reversing Climate Change by Regenerating Land and Ocean Ecosystems at Regenerating Ecological Systems Conference, April 28 2019
A review of John Todd, 2019, HEALING EARTH: An ecologist’s journey of innovation and environmental stewardship
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance Ecosystem restoration pioneer John Todd begins his new book with “I am writing this book based on the belief that humanity will soon become involved in a deep and abiding worldwide partnership with nature....
Global ocean warming accelerates threats to coral reefs, need to remove CO2
In How fast are the oceans warming?, L. Cheng, J. Abraham, Z. Hausfather, & K. Trenberth, 2019, Science, 363:128-129, reassess global ocean temperature data and finds that the heat content of the ocean is increasing considerably faster than had been realized, and...
Biorock™ Coral Ark grows elkhorn in Jamaica
Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, was the most common coral in shallow Jamaican and Caribbean reefs in the early 1950s until the corals were killed from sewage pollution, global warming, soil erosion, and new diseases. Now it is locally extinct almost everywhere around...
Recharging Indonesian marine biodiversity
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhDPresident, Global Coral Reef AllianceScientific Advisor, Biorock Indonesia Indonesia has the largest and most biodiverse coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses of any country in the world. Sadly, all are under severe pressure. Around 95% of the...
Biorock Barong And Rangda reef installed in honor of Agung Prana
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhDPresident, Global Coral Reef AllianceScientific Advisor, Biorock Indonesia The late Agung Prana, a leader of Balinese ecotourism, was commemorated by installation of a Biorock reef shaped like the quintessential Balinese mythological figures,...
Biorock beach regeneration expands
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhDPresident, Global Coral Reef AllianceScientific Advisor, Biorock Indonesia The severely eroded beach at Pulau Gangga Resort, North Sulawesi, Indonesia that was naturally regenerated at record rates with Biorock Anti Wave (BAW) reefs (Goreau...
Happy Winter Solstice! 2018 GCRA activities report
by Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance BARONG & RANGDA, Biorock sculpture of the quintessential Balinese myth of the struggle between good and evil, installed December 14 2018 in honor of late Balinese ecotourism pioneer Agung Prana....
Mangrove restoration in Borneo for carbon sequestration, sustainable biofuels, and orangutan sanctuary
Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) and many fake “sustainable biofuel” projects continue to misinform about their net impacts using false carbon accounting.Some examples are given in this New York Times article, which unfortunately fails to...
Updates on Biorock Ambon project
Today the Biorock Indonesia team, led by Komang Astika and Sandhi Raditya, placed the three new Biorock reefs installed yesterday under power in the Inner Ambon Bay. All are now working, along with the 5 Biorock reefs previously installed, a church, a mosque and the...
Ninety years of change on the Great Barrier Reef
By Tom Goreau Ninety years ago the Cambridge University Great Barrier Reef Expedition at Low Isle laid the foundations of modern coral research. The Global Coral Reef Alliance team has just spent the week with a Canadian documentary film crew...
Biorock brings corals back in Ambon
The corals of Ambon, in the Moluccas of Eastern Indonesia, were made famous by some of the greatest Natural Historians who ever lived. In the 1600s Georg Eberhard Rumpf, better known as Rumphius, described hundreds of new species of Ambonese plants and marine...
Coral growth after one month on new Cozumel Biorock reefs
These photos, taken by Torcuato Pulido Mantas in early July 2018, show typical examples of very healthy coral growth after just one month on new Biorock reefs in Cozumel, Mexico. The corals shown were naturally damaged and were rescued from dying when transplanted...
New Biorock coral reefs in Grenada
Nine new Biorock reefs were installed on June 25th and placed under power on the next day by the Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA), the Grenada Coral Reef Foundation (GCRF), and students and fishermen from the community at Gouyave, Grenada. In the following two...
New Cozumel Coral Restoration project
Six spectacular new Biorock coral reefs have been installed in June by the Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA) and our local partner the Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program (CCRRP), in Cozumel, Mexico, the world’s most popular diving destination. The new...
Agung Prana – In Memoriam
The Global Coral Reef Alliance is deeply saddened to report the loss of our great friend and leading Balinese partner, Agung Prana. Bapak Agung Prana’s constant support for Biorock projects over 20 years made Bali the world center of coral reef regeneration....
Government of Philippines to shut down Boracay, the country’s top tourist attraction, due to pollution
GCRA assessed coral health, algae, and water quality all around Boracay in 1997 and 2007, and made recommendations on tertiary sewage treatment to recycle waste nutrients on land and keep them off the reef. The first report was banned by the Minister of Tourism, and...
