Coral restoration is a speculative, feel-good science that won’t save our reefs
- Written by Robert Paul Streit, Research Fellow in Just Ocean Governance, The University of Melbourne
Climate change has killed billions of corals and fundamentally changed coral reefs. The response, especially in Australia, has been to fix the symptoms, not address the cause – climate change for which humans are responsible.
Much money and research effort is expended in replacing, regrowing and supporting corals, in the hope reefs may...





