Coral Restoration
Ecological restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.
Coral restoration in Florida and the US Virgin Islands. Photo © Meaghan Johnson/TNC
The primary aim of restoration is to improve a degraded reef in terms of ecosystem structure and function. Other attributes of the system that may be considered are biodiversity, complexity, species biomass and productivity.
This section of the toolkit provides information on physical and biological restoration techniques.
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