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GETTING CORAL REEFS TO SHOW THEIR COLOURS The DER Touristik Foundation is supporting a pilot project to rescue coral reefs in the Caribbean 36 Footnotes
Nature conservation Cutting-edge technology The Caribbean island country of Barbados is suffering a high coral reef mortality rate along its southern and western coasts. A promising countermeasure has now been put in place with the help of the Barbados Environmental Conservation Trust. It aims to accelerate coral reef growth and conserve marine biodiversity with the help of Biorock technology. Frames made from structural steel and metal mesh, through which lowvoltage direct current flows, have been installed in the sea at Paynes Bay. Thanks to electrochemical processes, a hard crust gradually forms on them consisting of aragonite and brucite salts dissolved in the seawater. Every year, one to three centimetres of solid limestone grows on the surface of the artificial coral reefs. The German architect Wolf Hilbertz developed this process back in the 1970s. A watchful eye The project, which is funded by the DER Touristik Foundation, boasts real-time monitoring systems that will collect water quality data over the course of the five-year monitoring programme. The project is also being supported with comprehensive education programmes designed to raise awareness of the project amongst schoolchildren and young people. Everyone now hopes that the coral reefs along the western coast of Barbados will show their colours by December 2024 and hence provide new habitats for marine species. Our cooperation partner: Barbados Environmental Conservation Trust The Barbados Environmental Conservation Trust is a registered charity established in 2019. Its vision is that through supporting local initiatives aimed at environmental sustainability, Barbados will attain its targets in national development. 37
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