Costa Rica Coral Restoration

Costa Rica Coral Restoration was sparked by a catastrophic 85% bleaching event in the nearby coral reefs of Parque Nacional Marino Ballena. They are SINAC and MINAE certified as the only coral lab in Costa Rica. They recently have gotten funding from the EU in which 65% of the money went directly to female empowerment in the community and indigenous tribes. In a lab, they fragment pieces of coral and study their growth rate, gluing them back together to create a a coral 5x bigger than what they originally found.