We get into a
coral garden!

The team of scientists from Hombre y Territorio (HyT) rescue and recover detached colonies of coral from the environment that are unable to survive.

At the same time, they sow the larvae of orange coral so that they can get a foothold and create new colonies in appropriate places, like the coral gardens in artificial reefs, located in the Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo Natural Area.

The orange coral reproduces sexually once a year in specific weather conditions:full moon and sufficiently warm water temperature, between 18o and 20o.Thanks to the advanced recovery and sowing techniques of HyT, the survival rate of the coral is 80%.

Orange coral, Astroides calycularis, is a species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, so it lives exclusively in this part of the planet.

It is currently threatened by pollution, rising sea temperatures, industrial fishing and the spread of exotic invasive species, like the brown algae Rugulopteryx okamurae, which has been spreading throughout the Spanish Mediterranean since 2016.

Over the last 50 years, more than 50% of the coral cover of the seas and oceans around the globe, including the Mediterranean, has been lost.

It's time to take action! Join the effort to conserve and protect corals, their habitats and their ecosystem.