Building Resilience of Australian Coral Reefs

diver swimming amongst coral reef

Learn how UTS scientists are building the ecological and social resilience of Australian Coral Reefs by propagating coral to support the Great Barrier reef restoration, delivering more sustainable tourism operations.

This event is being delivered as part of the Coventry University E-Xplore The Globe Virtual World Tour.

The Coral Nurture program is a globally unique partnership between the reef tourism industry and UTS scientists to propagate coral at scale as a tool for fast-tracking the recovery of the Great Barrier Reef. In this presentation we will discuss the successes and challenges of coral propagation-based ‘reef restoration’, and how our approach is delivering new management capacity for the Great Barrier reef through more sustainable tourism operations. We will also cover the benefits and long term impacts of this operation.

About your speaker: Ms Lorna Howlett

Ms Lorna Howlett (University of Technology Sydney) is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Future Reefs research team at UTS. Her research focuses on examining effectiveness of coral propagation and out-planting activity on the Great Barrier Reef, including how fine-scale genetic differences regulate survivorship in important coral species used for restoration. Lorna has worked within the reef tourism industry for 5 years prior to starting her PhD and becoming involved with the Coral Nurture Program – a partnership between tourism operators and researchers.

 

About your host UTS BUILD:

  • This event is hosted by UTS BUILD (Beyond UTS International Leadership Development). BUILD is an extra-curricular global leadership program with a mission to develop self-aware, informed and active global citizens and leaders in service to deliver positive social impact in the world.
  • this event supports BUILD Values of Leadership, Global citizenship, Empowerment, and Social and Environmental Sustainability.
  • This elective session is open to all UTS students.
  • Find out more about UTS BUILD and consider joining - http://bit.ly/JoinUTSBUILD. If you are a Study Abroad and exchange Student you can also join BUILD by clicking - https://bit.ly/BUILDSAEX

 

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.