April 14, 2009
In the Sekisei Lagoon in Japan, divers are drilling holes and inserting ceramic disks into the holes in an effort to save Japan's largest coral reef. The goal of this long and costly project is to perfect methods that can be used to save reefs from overfishing, pollution, and global warming. Since 2005, around 13,000 pieces of coral has been replanted. However, from the coral planted in 2005, only a third has survived. The ceramic disks help young coral to take root and is more efffective than past methods of using wire and nails. Next year, an estimated 10,000 coral pieces will be planted.
This was such a fascinating article as Japan's plan to save the coral reef will make the reef more colorful and suitable for many organisms to live in. The process is labor intensive and costly, but I think it is worth it because it will help the environment a lot. It will probably take many, many years for the whole reef to be completed, but I am looking forward to good news in the future.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/world/asia/15coral.html
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Great effort to save the reefs - I saw so many damaged reefs while diving in Mexico and Thailand...mostly due to other divers not keeping an eco-mind while exploring.
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