Webinar Series
Webinars
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) ReefWorks, Robotics, and AI Presentation to the Engineering and Innovation Working Group (EIG)
Mel Olsen is an AIMS engineer and Lead of the new ReefWorks program which offers a suite of secure marine technology test and evaluation facilities open to industry, government, and academic innovators. Mel presented to the Coral Restoration Consortium's (CRC)...
Evaluating Success in Restoration
A team of experts from the Coral Restoration Consortium’s Monitoring Working Group shared an overview of their new publication ‘Coral Reef Restoration Monitoring Guide: Methods to evaluate restoration success from local to ecosystem scales’. They offered an engaging...
Spawning of the Grooved Brain Coral Diploria labyrinthiformis
The Coral Restoration Consortium’s Larval Propagation Working Group hosted an information session on the reproductive biology of the common Caribbean brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis. This species is predicted to spawn between May 16-21 and monthly until...
Maximizing the Adaptive Potential of Restored Coral Populations
The Coral Restoration Consortium’s Genetics Working Group presents a webinar on their recently-published paper Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic. This paper provides practical advice for...
Photomosaics as a Tool for Monitoring Coral Restoration Success
Measuring the long-term and large-scale changes to a coral reef community achieved through restoration is something the scientific community has been working towards since restoration efforts began. Watch the Coral Restoration Consortium’s Monitoring Working Group...
Restoration in the Age of Disease
As Florida faces an unprecedented disease outbreak involving more than half of its coral species, many restoration practitioners and environmental managers are wondering how best to responsibly continue...
Building Restoration Programs to Withstand Hurricanes: Lessons Learned from Irma and Maria
As coral restoration programs are developed, a great deal of thought goes into site selection and design of nurseries and outplant sites to ensure success. Until this past summer, one of the...
Assisted Evolution: A Novel Tool to Overcome the Conservation Crisis?
This symposium was live streamed as part of the Coral Restoration Consortium webinar series in conjunction with The Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and “The Future Ocean” cluster. Speakers shared information on new approaches for the conservation of...
Restoration Workshop Live Stream
This live stream of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Restoration Workshop at the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting was broadcast as part of the Coral Restoration Consortium webinar series and features two panels highlighting research and restoration of sponge and coral...
New Techniques for Coral Restoration Seminar
SECORE International hosted a workshop at the Carmabi Marine Research Station Curaçao from May 18th – 27th. The opening day of the workshop started with a seminar to provide a global picture of coral restoration, discussing current obstacles and potential solutions....
Coral Genetics Research and Restoration
The Coral Restoration Consortium is hosting a series of webinars and discussions focused on Caribbean coral restoration. For the second webinar in the series, Dr. Iliana Baums from Penn State University...
Coral Spawning Research & Larval Propagation
The Coral Restoration Consortium is hosting a series of webinars and discussions focused on Caribbean coral restoration. The first webinar in the series highlights coral spawning research and larval...
Workshop to Advance the Science and Practice of Coral Restoration
This workshop was held November 15-17, 2016 with the goal of fostering collaboration and technology transfer among coral restoration scientists, practitioners, and managers, and initiating a community of practice that continues to address the evolving role of active...
Discussion Forum
To further explore the seminar presentations and learn about coral restoration from the experts join the conversation on the online discussion Forum. Go to ‘Groups’ to find the Coral Restoration Consortium Group. Not yet a member? Join here.
WIO Reef Restoration Exchange
The exchange covered coral reef restoration projects in the Western Indian Ocean, Reef Resilience Network resources, and next steps to be followed by the WIO coral reef network/task forces.