Here we will keep you posted with interesting facts about SECORE and coral conservation.
August 2010
Follow the SECORE Team at the coral spawning workshop in Curacao!
SECORE organizes a field workshop from Aug 23 until Sep 2. Workshop participants will collect gametes during the annual Acropora spawning and raise larvae for the upcoming restoration project.
Check out the weblog of the lab workshop whihc was hoted by the Henry Doorly Zoo on June 12, 2010
Heat-tolerant corals?
Dr. Iliana Baums, member of SECORE Board of Scientific Advisors, explains about finding more heat-tolerant coral genotypes to help coral reefs overcoming major bleaching events.
A 15-years-old girl living in 2065 talks about extinct coral reefs and what went wrong!
This very powerful movie had been presented at the Global Climate Congress in Copenhagen to visualize the drastic consequences of climate change to the leaders of the world !
We will organize three different workshops in 2010:
Saint John's Island, Singapore, March 30 - April 10: 10-day Coral Spawning Field Workshop Location: Field Station of the National University of Singapore (NUS) Coral species: to be determined Attendance: 20-25 people Fee: $ 1,500 USD covering basically everything (accomodation, food, diving) except the flight
Omaha, USA, June 12: 1-day Coral Breeding Lab Workshop Location: Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Coral Species: Pocillopora damicornis, Porites astreoides, Favia fragum Fee: most likely $ 30 USD Attendance: 15-20 people The workshop will be right after the Regional Aquatics Workshop (RAW)
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Aug 23 - Sep 02: 10-day Coral Spawning Field Workshop Location: Curacao Sea Aquarium & Caribbean Marine Biological Institute (CARMABI) Coral Species: Acropora palmata, Acropora cervicornis Attendance: 20-25 people Fee: $ 1,500 USD covering basically everything (accomodation, food, diving) except the flight
SECORE workshops offer the possibility to work hands-on with colleagues from around the world and experts in the field of sexual coral reproduction. The program includes lectures giving detailed background information on applied techniques, and hands-on training on larvae/gamete collection techniques, fertiization and larval culture, settlement and grow-out of juveniles.
SECORE workshops are primarily organized for members and for invited scientists. If you are affiliated with a public aquarium and if you are interested to join SECORE, please contact us!
November 2009
Acropora Restoration Workshop at the National Zoo
Scientists and conservation leaders such as SECORE will meet at the Smithsonian National Zoo on Nov 12-13 to discuss how they can preserve the threatened Caribbean Acropora corals.
Join the public lecture and panel discussion at the National Zoo Visitor Center Auditorium on November 12, 6:30 p.m.
The 2nd Acropora Coral Conservation / Restoration Workshop will be orgnaized by the Smithsonian Institution, NOAA and Counterpart International.
Welcome to a new member!
The Pt. Defiance Zoo and Aquarium (USA) has joined SECORE!
Welcome to a new member!
The Ruhr Universitaet Bochum (Germany) has joined SECORE!
August 2009
Coral spawning field expeditions 2009
Two SECORE teams of experts are on their way to Curacao and Puerto Rico to observe the annual spawning of the Elkhorn coral. Besides ongoing research, both expeditions serve as a pre-study for the planned restoration projects.
July 2009
Join the campaign to save the world's coral reefs!
Coral reefs are directly impacted by the synergistic effects of global warming and ocean acidification and are likely to be placed into a situation of irreversible decline if immediate steps are not taken to reduce CO2 emissions. In December 2009, Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be meeting in Copenhagen to discuss and hopefully agree to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
The scientific community has a critical role to play in informing the decision makers involved in the UNFCCC talks about the level of greenhouse gas emissions cuts required to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.
At recent Coral Reef Crisis Meeting in London, leading world marine and climate change scientists agreed on a statement which will be submitted to the world leaders at the UNFCCC! Join this campaign and help saving the world's coral reefs!
May 2009
Welcome to a new member!
The Steinhardt Aquarium (USA) has joined SECORE.
Welcome to a new member!
The Discovery World (USA) has joined SECORE.
April 2009
Welcome to a new member!
The Acuario di Zaragoza (Spain) has joined SECORE.
February 2009
Smithsonian Acroporid Workshop in Ft. Pierce, Florida
Dr. Mary Hagedorn (SECORE Board of Scientific Advisors) and Dr. Valerie Paul, both staff members of the Smithsonian Institution, hosted an Acroporid workshop at the Smithsonian field station in FT. Pierce to discuss conservation priorities for the endagered Elkhorn and Staghorn coral.
Both in situ and ex situ strategies using field and captive populations should be combined to preserve both species. SECORE being represented by at least five institutions emphasized the role of zoos and public aquaria in coral conservation and the importance of collaboration with field scientists.
January 2009
SECORE Board meeting in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
The Board of Directors met Dr. Mark Vermeij, Science Director of the CARMABI field station in Curacao to discuss possibilities for a restoration study to help saving the endangered Elkhorn and Staghorn coral.
SECORE plans to set up a landbased culture facility in Curacao to produce thousands of coral recruits for reintroduction in the local reef.
In a parallel effort, we aim at setting up a similar project in Puerto Rico, USA.
Both initiatives are important steps towards help conserving the Caribbean coral reefs; nevertheless, appropriate funding is the major concern at this point.
December 2008
Welcome to a new member!
The Leningrad Zoological Park (St. Petersburg, Russia) has joined SECORE.
November 2008
Caribbean corals listed as critically endangered!
The Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata and the Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis are the first corals to be listed as 'critically endangered' under the IUCN Red List. Both species stand for the dramatic situation of today's coral reef around the world.
September 2008
Welcome to a new member!
The Horniman Museum (London, U.K.) has joined SECORE.
August 2008
New SECORE weblog on-line
Click here to follow us on-line and experience the impressive coral mass spawning and our SECORE research in Puerto Rico!
Welcome to the50th member of SECORE!
The Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, USA) is joining the network. SECORE has now 50 members around the world.
July 2008
Noah's Ark for the threatened Elkhorn coral
Coral Reefs article: SECORE is raising hundreds of Elkhorn corals in aquaria around the world. Coral Reefs 27(3):715.
December 2007
Spawning For a Better Life
Science article: SECORE helps scientists revealing secrets in coral reproduction for reef restoration. Science 318(5857):1712-1717.
Here we will keep you posted with interesting facts about SECORE and coral conservation.
