Africa-Press – Kenya. Divers in Kenya are helping to restore coral reefs by planting special structures that encourage displaced corals to re grow.
It comes as the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon discusses how to protect these valuable ecosystems.
The Reefolution Foundation are at the frontline of saving coral reefs in the sea off Kenya’s coast.
The foundation`s activity today is to clean up the coral nurseries, transplanted them and nurtured back to life . The structures are made of plastic pipes and pyramid structured steel nets.
The foundation and the nearby community of Mkwiro village have established a locally managed marine area to restore degraded corals and enhance coastal resilience.
” said Joshua Kiama, coral reef researcher of the Reefolution.
In March the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a warning about the threats faced by African coastal and island nations, claiming there could be a collapse of corals in the Western Indian Ocean.
Peter Vodegel, a marine biologist with Reefolution says:
The biologist believes sand mining is another serious problem for the survival of Kenya’s reefs. Despites the efforts by the foundation, not all conservationists are convinced this type of coral restoration will be successful.
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