Containers for Coral: self-sustaining restoration for South Caicos
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Darwin Plus Local
VALUE £50,000
WHERE Turks and Caicos Islands
Summary
The School for Field Studies is seeking funds to build in the US and transport to South Caicos, TCI, a self-sustaining (solar-powered), recirculating (closed), coral nursery system housed in a shipping container. We hope to demonstrate the feasibility and scalability of this system in remote areas as a tool in coral restoration. Corals grown in this system will ultimately be outplanted onto local reefs, which have been degraded by bleaching and disease.
