This program is a gratifying and advantageous program premeditated to teach students about coral rehabilitation. Simultaneously to help endorsing the conservation and for further learning students are being groomed as responsible role models.

The nursery process is a way of refining coral fragments using traditional forestation techniques. By clearing a small amount of coral rubbish this gets down the collision to the contributor colonies and aids reproduction of new coral colonies.

Measures that are looked at for this program

To register:

• Participants should be at the age of consent or should possess written acquiescence from a parent or guardian.
• Participants must own a valid diving certificate from a renowned diving authority.
• Participants should show adequate buoyancy skills while diving.*

* If the participants do not know diving they can participate in field work only.

This workshop will include:

It involves both in-class debate sessions and on-hand coral transplantation activities.

The following will be involved In-class debate sessions:

• Different fishing techniques that have pessimistic impact on fish and coral stocks.
• The ecological force of frivolous anthropogenic activities, such as snorkeling and diving and other types of marine entertaining activities.
• The progression of coral destruction and transplantation.
• Tactics used on the coral nursery.
• Common coral, fish, and invertebrate species recognition.

The following will be involved in Under-water activities:

• On buoyancy skills Orientation dives is given main attention.
• Recognition dives of Coral fish and invertebrate.
• Becoming accustomed dives of Artificial Reef site.
• Producing coral fragments for transfer to the nursery.
• Coral nursery maintenance.

The following activities will be involved in On-site:

• Classification, recognition, and placement of scleractinian coral fragments in holding trays.
• Destruction of soft coral species and connection to nursery.

The course information:

Day 1:

Commencement dive trip 2 dives

Day 2:

• Presentation - Preface to the coral reef project.

•  Presentation - Outline on local coral species recognition, biology and global status/ threats.

• Recognition dives of Coral

•  2 dives

Day 3:

• Presentation - Methodology of Coral Nursery

• Presentation - Selection of benefactor colony criteria

• Location of donor colonies

• 2 dives

Day 4:

• Gathering of donor fragments

• Cataloging and numbering of fragments

• Installation into nursery racks

• 2 dives

This package costs 15,300 baht.