Corals polyps can reproduce sexually via spawning and a-sexually by making individual clones of each polyps. Another form of a-sexual reproduction can happen in the form of fragmentation. When pieces of corals break of a colony a new colony will form and grow into a new colony that can also go onto spawn. It is important to relies the broken colony needs the right conditions to survive and grow. Any attempts to make coral fragments to grow out new colonies should be done by trained professional who have specific goals when it comes to the desired species.

Impacts from human-induced climate change, overfishing, and localised human developments has caused significant habitat degradation of ecosystems worldwide. One method to help ecosystems recover is to restore ecosystems with important species that are genetically more resilient to environmental stress. It is an important part of the BIOTA ethos that any biomass exported from Palau is produced onsite and not taken from then Ocean. Here, Tom talks about doing this on localised scales by growing out a high diversity of marine organisms from reef fish to corals and clams. It is an important part of the BIOTA ethos that any biomass exported from Palau is produced onsite and not taken from then Ocean.

*Please note, any attempts to make coral fragments to grow out new colonies should be done by trained professionals who have specific goals when it comes to the desired species.

"We must plant the sea and herd its animals … using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about—farming replacing hunting." — Jacques Cousteau


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