"The baby coral are stressed out!"

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December 14th 2010

Published: May 13th 2011

I originally came to Belize to volunteer and dive, and since day one I have been seeking an opportunity to do both simultaneously! I was finally introduced to the right person about a year ago, and an opening to help Lisa with her coral reef restoration project finally arose this month. Lisa is an independent scientist working by means of international grants who is studying and devising methods t... Read Full Entry

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Annaliese and Giovanni

Two experienced dive masters and Annaliese is also a biologist and underwater photographer!

Annaliese scrubbing the algae!

Getting ready to plant!

Note the concrete coral base but also the concrete dispersal :)

Step 1: Squeeze ziploc of concrete into dog poo pile

Step 2: Gently place coral fragment

Step 3: Re-place fragment after concrete disperses and fish knocks over

Step 4: Admire baby coral in its new home!

Their new home.

Goby fish!

Bobbin' around after a rewarding day's work

Laughing Bird is known for their lobsters....

..to be about the size of small dogs!

The hard working crew that planted over 2,000 fragments!

Who wouldn't want to protect this !?!?

15th May 2011

Ali
Ali Watters

Fantastic!
Great project, awesome to hear about this first hand - thanks for posting - I've put a discussion in our diving forum - http://www.travelblog.org/Topics/28916-1.html

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