Marine Regeneration - with Tom Goreau (hosted by Daniel Wahl)
Channel: Daniel Christian Wahl
Date: 2020-02-17

Marine Regeneration - Corals, Salt Marshes, Mangroves, & Seagrass Meadows

If we hope to avoid the cataclysmic climate change we are currently heading for and reduce the effects of the catastrophic climate change we are now already in the middle of, we need to pay more attention to the role of marine ecosystems and the oceans in maintaining planetary health and buffering climate change. 

In this 72 minuted conversation Tom Goreau - one of the world's leading scientists actively working on marine regeneration - first sets the context and suggests some key reasons why we need to engage in geo-therapy rather than geo-engineering to regenerate marines ecosystems and restore ocean and planetary health. 

Tom then goes on to show some images of projects focussed on coral regeneration and salt marsh regeneration projects he has been involved in around the world, before we focus on seagrass meadows.

The call that this is a recording of was focussed on exploring the potential for using the Biorock methodology based iron-grids that run a small DC current to stimulate the regeneration of Posidonia oceanica around Mallorca and possibly the other Balearic Islands.

We also speak about the potential of applying this proven methodology to growing oyster and muscle beds and in general supporting the bio productivity of depleted and degrade marine areas.

Tom also mentions some existing project in Spain and Indonesia where his approach has been used to as a functional alternative to the dysfunctional approach of protecting beaches through concrete sea walls.

Enjoy! ... and spread the good news about this critical geo-therapy approach to regenerating marine ecosystems!   

More about Tom Goreau:
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD
President, Global Coral Reef Alliance
President, Biorock Technology Inc.
Coordinator, Soil Carbon Alliance
Coordinator, United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Small Island Developing States Partnership in New Sustainable Technologies

www.globalcoral.org

Books:
Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466595392

Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466557734