Clean seas: restoring coral reefs – the latest episode of Nature Unheard

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released the third episode of Nature Unheard, its podcast series exploring the powerful connection between people and the planet, and the groundbreaking ideas shaping our environmental future.

The new episode, entitled “Clean Seas: Restoring Coral Reefs”, takes listeners beneath the waves to see how science, policy and local action are helping to heal the ocean.

Joining hosts Adonai Herrera-Martínez and Emma Bentley is Dr David Obura, one of the world’s leading marine ecologists, Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and founding director of Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa.

From the resilient coral gardens of Aqaba in Jordan to the deep blue reefs of Kenya, this episode looks at how rising sea temperatures and pollution are threatening these vital ecosystems, and how scientists are using cutting-edge restoration techniques – from coral nurseries to micro-fragmentation – to bring them back to life.

You can listen to Nature Unheard on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

The EBRD is working with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to safeguard coastal ecosystems by promoting technologies that reduce water pollution and eliminate persistent organic pollutants. And with support from France, Germany, Spain and Sweden (all donors to our Blue Mediterranean Partnership), the Bank is protecting marine ecosystems across the southern and eastern Mediterranean.

Co-produced by Olga Aristeidou and Cecilia Calatrava.