Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Viti Levu

OPP-CD303Vpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-CD303V

Published as: Community Reef Restoration Efforts | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Disturbance addressed: yes | Method: Farming coral nubbins in nurseries (Tables and rope) , cable tie fragments to cement disc, cable tie disc to tables. splicing rope and threading corals between | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 81% | Authors' conclusion: Since 2006, over 14,000 corals consisting of more than 25 species have been propagated and transplanted back to the reef in village MPAs and village youth have received basic training in cost-effective coral propagation techniques, reef ecology and fauna, and integrating this work into guiding snorkeling tours | Lessons reported: methods easy to learn by local communities, diversity of species is important, improving passive mgmt actions helps, strong governance is key, economic incentives help garner and maintain community support. Possible to incorporate eco-tourism | This record was compiled from a published source and has not been confirmed by the organisation that carried out the work. No contribution to the condition index is recorded: the source reports survival of transplanted material, which is not a measure of ecosystem condition.

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