CORDAP R&D Technology Roadmaps and Scoping Studies
As part of CORDAP’s strategic plan, we are producing actionable roadmaps to guide future activities and investments and would be a relatively small part of the R&D investment.
In 2023 we launched a series of scoping studies and workshops to bring together experts from around the world to assess priority R&D investment goals in key areas to help save the world’s corals. As an outcome of these studies, CORDAP will publish Technology Roadmaps and outputs from the studies to guide national, regional, and international programs.
Four Scoping Studies have been run to date addressing the following areas:
Natural adaptation and assisted evolution of corals to climate change
Co-organized with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and hosted at KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
Exploring the frontier of coral aquaculture
Co-organized with KAUST Reefscape Restoration Initiative at Shushah Island, and hosted at KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
Cold-water corals restoration and conservation
Co-organized with REV Ocean and hosted at Engineerium, Norway.
Managing the ecological risks of coral reef interventions
Co-organized with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS).
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