Theresa (Teresa) Fyfe
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By using this precision approach across the Pacific, restoring as little as 3 percent of coral reefs can drive the recovery of 50 percent of the entire ecosystem.
This would be restoration on an unprecedented scale.
and we're making it local.
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Packaging these technologies into portable coral micronurseries for coastal communities to own and operate.
The productivity of one single micronursery is expected to exceed that of all global coral gardening efforts combined today.
By 2031, we will be planting 1.2 million heat-tolerant surviving corals per year, about 30 times more than planted across the Pacific today.
By 2040, it is our ambition to increase the global scale of reef restoration by 120 times.
But we know ... Thank you.
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We know that the technology on its own isn't enough.
To have real impact, this technology needs to be in the hands of those on the front line, those that know the oceans best.
Meet Uncle Bob, a Wapaburra man from the Great Barrier Reef.
His people have been caring for their sea country for millennia.
Now, when Bob talks to me of his country, he says, "'Country is sick.
Country is crying.'"
But with this technology, his community is empowered to be the first responders, to heal their sea country by blending this modern innovation with their ancient knowledge.
For many coral reefs, unfortunately, it is already too late.
But for the half of the world's reefs, including our Great Barrier Reef, that call the Pacific home, there is still time.
These corals haven't given up.