CORDAP Awards:
Funding new hope for the future of corals
As the only international organisation fully dedicated to funding global R&D for tropical and cold-water coral restoration and conservation, we are proud to showcase some of the exciting work being done by the awardees of our funding awards.
The awarded projects of CAP 2023 will receive a total of $10 million USD to support critically important work on the restoration and conservation of corals across the planet.
> CAP 2023 received 120 proposals from all over the globe.
> Each full proposal underwent expert international peer review by two to three experts, followed by a panel review.
> 8 international teams have now been awarded up to $1.5 million USD each.
> The projects involve 18 countries including the following low-and middle income countries: Argentina, Belize, Dominica, Honduras, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Palau, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand and the Philippines.
CAP 2023 Awarded Projects
Restoring coral reefs in Mnemba Island with local communities
Establishing a Coral Academy and a network of Coral Restoration Teams in the Pacific
Securing the Future of Cold-Water Corals in Argentina’s Deep Sea
Developing tools for coral population management in Belize
COSMARINDO: Enhancing coral restoration in Indonesia through monitoring and education
Enhancing Coral Restoration in the western Indian Ocean through Larval propagation
Sound on: using acoustic enrichment to boost coral larval settlement
Building a cryorepository network for coral larvae in the Coral Triangle
CAP 2022 Awarded Projects
CORALADAPT: Identifying heat-resistant corals
Editing genes to build more resilient corals
Improving the health, growth, and survival of young corals
Ramping up coral breeding in the Caribbean
Floating fluorometers and heat-tolerant algae
Improving coral reef restoration and disease mitigation in the Caribbean through local capacity-building
Using AI and robotic boats to advance community-led reef restoration efforts
ReefSeed – a portable aquaculture system
Using probiotics to fight a lethal coral disease
ASSIST: a smart-decision framework for coral restoration
Clean reefs: a pollution mapping and risk assessment tool
Boosting coral resilience with nutritional supplements
Creating a cryogenically preserved ‘bio-bank’
Building circular economies through coral cultivation
Images: © Raquel Lisboa