Storm Ridden Coral System Restored by a Radical 10-Year Restoration Project

The country's majestic corals were destroyed when Hurricane Iris struck southern Belize in 2001. Fortunately, the coral reef was brought back to life after a ten-year restoration project.

Owing to climate change and increasingly intense and severe hurricanes, coral bleaching events are getting more serious each year. In the "business as normal" case, few corals are expected to thrive if global greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced. There are coral regeneration programs in more than 50 countries, but none have reached the scope or lasted as long as Belize's.

"Only one or two people were doing coral regeneration when we first began. Nowadays, though, everybody is doing it. It's like yoga now," she said.

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