NEWS:
- August 2006
Dr. Thomas J. Goreau and his team received an award in the IDEAS Competition at MIT, Cambridge, MA for the tidal energy devise and reef restoration project. See video:
Dr. Thomas J. Goreau and his team received an award in the IDEAS Competition at MIT, Cambridge, MA for the tidal energy devise and reef restoration project. See video:
- July 2006
Biorock Thailand deploys second solar powered site near Koh Samui. The site utilizes 2 x 120W photovoltaic panels to power a single tunnel structure designed for fishery habitat restoration.
Biorock Thailand deploys second solar powered site near Koh Samui. The site utilizes 2 x 120W photovoltaic panels to power a single tunnel structure designed for fishery habitat restoration.
- June 2006
Biorock is on the map in Ko Tao, Thailand. See the map:
Biorock is on the map in Ko Tao, Thailand. See the map:
Announcing
THE SIXTH BIOROCK WORKSHOP
1st - 7th December 2008
Gili Trawangan
Lombok, Indonesia
Workshop Theme
The Biorock® Process or mineral accretion is a revolutionary technology used to grow structures and marine ecosystems in seawater. It provides a cost-effective and sustainable method to accelerate coral growth and increase coral survival particularly in areas where environmental stress has affected existing reefs. Biorock® methods can help restore damaged coral reefs and provide building materials from sustainable energy resources for mariculture of corals, oysters, clams, lobsters and fish. When mixed with aggregates, accreted minerals can be used as building components on the sea bottom or on land.
Workshop participants will experience hands-on training in the simple techniques needed to design, construct, maintain and monitor Biorock® coral nurseries for reef restoration and will be introduced to basic Biorock® technologies useful in the emerging discipline of seascape architecture.
The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Tom Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance: as well as several Biorock® project managers and staff. The workshop will be held on Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia.
In 2005 Biorock® projects won the Association of South East Asian Nations Tourism Agencies Award for Excellence and the Pacific Asia Travel Association Gold Award for best environmental effort, adding to a long list of awards received previously.
What is a Biorock Reef
Biorock® technology applies a safe low-voltage electrical current through seawater, causing dissolved minerals to precipitate onto cathodic surfaces growing into white limestone/brucite structures similar to those that make up coral reefs and nourish tropical white sand beaches. Biorock® methods speed up coral growth even where excessive temperatures, pollution, sedimentation and other stress-inducing factors have damaged reefs and other marine habitats.
New Biorock® structures are soon populated by a full range of coral reef organisms, including fish, crabs, clams octopus, lobster, sea urchins and barnacles.
For more information on the Biorock® process and bios of the workshop organizers please see the Global Coral Reef Alliance website