@@marysherrill6918 yes their team did a training course with us last year and have now set up a project nearby. At Blue Corner we run coral restoration training courses regularly throughout the year for practitioners and conservation organizations: bluecornerconservation.org/coral-restoration-training-course

@@rocket5557 sometimes we do that with schools or community groups. But it is always best for the corals to keep them in the water while transplanting rather than removing them from their environment

the white tips are actually new growth!

@@AgusSetiawan-wm8zi Terima kasih! Kami juga memiliki program dengan mahasiswa universitas lokal Indonesia. Kami ingin semua orang di dunia menikmati terumbu karang Indonesia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipOco6dsnctpa9Ufeature=shared

@@KyleenDrake we are scientitists not videographers - these are the natural colours of a healthy reef. Most professional underwater videos are taken with lights/strobes and video editing software to increase colour vibrance... we don't have fancy cameras as spend all our budget focusing on restoration rather than marketing 🤪

@@bluecornerconservation I'm in Oklahoma, so it's easy to say I don't get to see the ocean often. I have to live though people like you and your videos. I'm playing a game currently called Aquarist. I'm breeding corral in the game, made me want to learn more about corrals. I had a question I asked in my stream, if it's possible for domestically raised corral to be returned to the ocean or do you have to worry about the bacteria making the wild corral unhealthy? Brought me here. Thank you for your efforts! I wish you did have some fancy cameras.. Having a healthy reef is important. Love it. But I'm thinking getting to see it in full color would be a wow factor.

I believe the zip ties are removed once the coral grows to hold onto the metal structures itself

By volume, this is an insignificant amount of plastic being placed in the ocean. The whole project would likely never reach 100 kg of plastic even after a few decades of work. Sadly, the average coastal village in the Southern Pacific likely dumps that much in the Ocean in a few days. Also the Zip ties are not commonly removed.

@@davidater9 If a group is trying to rehabilitate the ocean then they should try to find other ways to do so than putting more plastic in it by using plastic zip ties. We cannot be putting all the responsibility for filling the oceans with plastic on those who live in developing countries since western countries are still guilty of doing so ourselves. May I suggest you look at videos by The Ocean Cleanup who are helping countries in the developing world to remove plastic from their rivers. There are plenty of organizations training developing nations to do this work for themselves.

@@fionamcwilliam8703 The issue in the divers using zip ties is based on the need of speed and efficiency while using compressed air for breathing which is compressed by fossil fuels. I assure you the volume of fuel used compress the air in those tanks is many times that of the plastic. So there is an environmental trade here. And again, the amount of plastic involved in this project is too small to care about (likely less than 2 kg of zip ties in 5 years), if you know the size of the environmental problems in Asia and the S. Pacific.