Mote Marine Laboratory and The Nature Conservancy recently announced a new joint venture aimed at the conservation and restoration of coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean. With stressors ranging from rising ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, overfishing, coastal development and waste water, coral cover in the Caribbean and Florida has decreased by 50 to 80 percent in just the last three decades.
We’ll explore goals of this 15-year collaboration which include the restoration of more than one million corals, establishing a network of coral gene banks to preserve the genetic diversity of coral tissue and sharing coral conservation and restoration best practices.
Guests:
Dr. Michael Crosby, President and CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory
Dr. Luis Solórzano, Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy’s Caribbean Program
Chris Bergh, South Florida Conservation Director with The Nature Conservancy
