Mmastodon EnvironmentOceans first seen 6 h ago, last 4 min ago, peak #2

Volunteers bundle cement weights to help reattach hurricane-damaged corals

Original: Today I did some light duty bundling potatoes of cement into ziplocs for swimmers to float out to a dive team that's rea

Volunteers are bagging small cement weights so swimmers can carry them out to divers reattaching corals to a reef damaged by Hurricane Lowell. The restoration work is funded through an insurance policy taken out by The Nature Conservancy, an approach that pays for reef repair after storm damage. Posts describing the hands-on effort are drawing attention to this novel insurance-funded conservation model.

Why now: People are interested in the unusual insurance-funded model for financing coral reef restoration after hurricane damage.

The Nature ConservancyHurricane Lowell

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• Today I did some light duty bundling potatoes of cement into ziplocs for swimmers to float out to a dive team that's reattaching corals to a reef that was wrecked by Hurricane Lowell. The work is paid for by an insurance policy taken out by The Nature Conservancy. They were… · brianvastag@mas.to · 8

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