Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs

by Fundacion Grupo Puntacana
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Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs
Corals for Climate: Restoring Resilient Reefs

Project Report | Feb 13, 2020
Coral Gardeners involved in more project related activities and in the 5th Edition of Coralmania!

By Victor Galvan / Samantha Mercado / Antonio Ramos | Project Leaders

New Coral Nursery
New Coral Nursery

During this period, the coral gardening group, in addition to their assigned activities (maintenance of the nursery, coral transplantation, etc.) has been involved in different projects developed at the Center for Marine Innovation (CIM), among them are:

  • Monitoring the status of parrotfish populations. The Coral Gardeners have been trained in the identification of different species of parrotfish and their different lifecycle phases. This work has improved their understanding of the importance of parrotfish to healthy coral reefs and it ensures that they continue to improve their capacity.
  • Seagrass population status at Puntacana Resort & Club. Working along side a visiting researcher, the fishermen helped marked permanent sites for the long-term study of the condition of seagrasses and their associated fauna.
  • Coral monitoring. Assisted another visiting scientist in her evaluation of the density and richness of coral recruits at a restoration site called the “Coliseum.” They also supported the identification of coral babies (recruits), as well as the monitoring of the benthos of this site.

The Coral Gardeners also lead the effort to create a second coral nursery in the Puntacana Resort & Club reef area and participated in the 5th Edition of Coralmania in November 2019. Coralmania is a massive outplanting event held by the Dominican Coastal Restoration Consortium where coral reef administrators, managers, restoration practitioners, government representatives, tourists and many others come together for 2-4 days to transplant coral fragments from the local nursery back on to the natural reef. Their participation and leadership resulted in over 1,700 coral fragments being transplanted; the largest restoration effort of the Coralmanias’ to-date.

New Coral Nursery (2)
New Coral Nursery (2)
Monitoring coral recruits at the Coliseum
Monitoring coral recruits at the Coliseum
5th Edition of Coralmania
5th Edition of Coralmania
5th Edition of Coralmania 2
5th Edition of Coralmania 2
5th Edition of Coralmania (3)
5th Edition of Coralmania (3)
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Fundacion Grupo Puntacana

Location: Santo Domingo, no applicable - Dominican Republic
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Project Leader:
Jacob Kheel
Vice President
Santo Domingo , no applicable Dominican Republic

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