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The coral fragments are naturally broken coral collected from nearby area. On our main channel, Mossy Earth, we also share more detail about this project, please check it out in case you haven't ❤Cheers, Yudi

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Thank you for yout support, and stay tuned for the next update! Cheers, Yudi

Hello Mary, yes we can sell the eucalyptus logs for their wood value and we will. Depending on the landowner, we can then put the money towards the project, and make the ecological restoration economically viable in its operations. Fortunately, with our first plot landowner, we are able to do this which is a key for the sustainable scale up of this idea. Thank you for the support! * Teresa

Before this big deployment we set a trial with 7 structures on December last year, and they are grow very beautifully now! If you haven't, please check on our main channel at Mossy Earth on the coral series, we show some update on our first deployed structures! Cheers, Yudi

Early next year! But there will be a lot coming don't you worry. We have big plans in motion in the Mira :) - Cheers, Duarte

That sounds very interesting, thank you for the idea! Luckily we have local community in Nusa Lembongan helping us with the coating process, and they've been very helpful, we are lucky to have them join our efforts. Cheers, Yudi

@@MossyEarth-FieldNotes oh! That is wonderful to hear then. So glad you guys are being thoughtful with the whole process. I think the work you do is fantastic, just wanted to throw an idea out there in case you were looking for one. I hope you can keep doing re-wilding projects like this for a long time. Also super grateful for the reply!

Thank you!

That's Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis). Cheers, Yudi

Liking apples doesnt make you hate pears. They said theyd like to have more oaks in the region for massively increased biodiversity and reduced fire risk. Dont worry, they wont chop down all eucalyptus in sight.

@@maurin1899 we must live in different worlds. in my world, there are infinite places without a single tree. it must be the complete opposite in your world, given that tree planting is a matter of mutual exclusivity. if a tree is to be planted a tree must be chopped down: that is the law. sounds like you have infinite forests on your planet. what's it called? i'd love to visit. my planet is called earth, don't visit, it's a desolate wasteland. the root problem with my planet is we use a stupid system called representative democracy to elect people to decide for everyone how many trees get planted. if each person could simply choose where their own taxes go, then we'd see which country spent the most taxes on planting trees. tree lovers like myself would move there and it would be heaven on earth. everyone in the world would quickly see and understand the benefit of spending money on trees.

@@epiphyte8646 It will be a desolation if they don't reduce those Eucalypt trees, hard to maintain a nest in a fire storm. These people know what they are doing, you are off you're rocker if you are comparing this to whole sale deforestation. Perhaps some of large specimens could be kept for the hawks. But the young trees must not be allowed to cluster. Fire prevention 101, and that knowledge goes way back before Europeans showed up in any gum forests. If there are Eucalypts involved management is essential.

You probably met this river in very different freshwater conditions than one finds it nowadays...? It is great hearing you are facing that uphill battle by Odelouca - very important area too. Keep up the good work also and thank you for the support. Teresa

@@MossyEarth-FieldNotes I believe I witnessed the first cuts, but I was too young to remember the days before the forest. I did meet many holdouts, and the social impact of that forest isn't properly recorded. Turns out, the riots they had back then in Brunheiras where they uprooted a good 20ha of new trees were well-informed.

@@CanalTremocos that is very interesting information! Will definitely try to know more about those riots in Brunheiras and the history behind deforestation in the area. Thank you * Teresa

Thank you for this input, I will try to not miss again one species without its scientific name. The ones already mentioned were: aquatic plants (Myriophyllum spicatum, Potamogeton pectinatus, Potamogeton x serrulifer and Apium sp.), invasive aquatic animals (Callinectes sapidus (blue crab) and Corbicula fluminea (asian mussle)) and native oak trees, Quercus faginea, and ash trees, Fraxinus angustifolia. The exotic species we are removing is Eucalyptus globulus. In the video we also show 2 invasive fish, and these were not mentioned by the scientific name because it is difficult to identify rigorously at the species level. The little fish in the net seems to be but they seemed to be Gambusia holbrooki and the big one swimming next to the blue crab is from the Mugilidae familly. Teresa

Thank you so much Teresa! Now it will be even more interesting and educational to join you! Hope other followers also appreciate the scientific name as well. /Fredrik

@@greenleaf58 I am sure others will. We'll keep it up! Thank you Fredrik * Teresa

Yes, that is a definitely a way to go! Please stay tuned for next updates on this delicious invasive animal eating idea. Teresa

Blue crab is indeed bad news for our project area and we are looking at this problem and the needed actions with that urgency you identified. Thank you for your support and say tuned for good news on this! Teresa

@@MossyEarth-FieldNotes Hi Teresa! I'm from Catalonia and I knew blie crabs were in the Delta del Ebre region were there are brackish waters for km and also a lot of rice fields. We also have a lot of catfish, like 2.7m monsters, carps, apple snail, american red crayfish, numerous sport-fishing species, some tropical birds and the list goes on. Two weeks ago I was cycling the coast of Valencia and oranges and fruit trees are a big thing there (huge). The terrain is mostly flat from the sea for many km's inland and there are a lot of irrigation channels. There you could see anything but indigenous fauna. I saw some big blue crabs but the biggest problem (as far as I undersand) are the florida turtles, there were hundreds. And this id everywhere here in Catalonia and I could say same in Valencia. We have two species of turtles here but they are rarely seen nowadays... Obrigado for your inmense work, you guys are trully inspiring!

@@rogersfc Thank you for this sharing! The situation you describe seems really concerning and, in fact, very similar to what we have here in the Mira Basin and are trying to tackle with our project: native species threatened and often almost substituted by a miriad of invasive species. We also have 2 species of iberian endemic turtles (Emys orbicularis and Mauremys leprosa) which are endangered and we have the invasive Florida turtles (Trachemys scripta), huge catfishes (Silurus glanis) and Louisiana red crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), among others, predating or outcompeting with the native species, be it turtles, fishes or plants. Climate change, land-use change and invasive species are the main threats to the Biodiversity Hotspot of the Mediterranean - which our project area, Mira, and also Valencia and Catalonia are a part of. Let's see which standards we can set here for these issues! Moltes gràcies for your kind words * Teresa

We have many consideration in the design, and how to transport them to the site. So they cannot be too heavy and need to be modular, so we can install them gradually. This type of structure fits best so far. Cheers, Yudi

@@MossyEarth-FieldNotes Thank you for your work! It is appreciated, and the new reef looks beautiful.

Unfortunately, there's a trade-off between using less durable materials and the survival of the coral fragments. So far evidence suggests that cable ties provide the most secure attachment for transplanted coral fragments. But there are some studies looking into this and we're also doing our own trialling of some other options in the hopes of finding an effective plastic free alternative. We'll cover this more in another video soon! Cheers, Meija

I wish I could get proper fottage to show people, but they moved so fast and they are very tiny. I watch them spawning with my own eyes, and that was trully magical! Cheers, Yudi

@@MossyEarth-FieldNotes what a wonderful experience

Thank you! Isla :)

Unfortunately, there's a trade-off between using less durable materials and the survival of the coral fragments. So far evidence suggests that cable ties provide the most secure attachment for transplanted coral fragments. But there are some studies looking into this and we're also doing our own trialling of some other options in the hopes of finding an effective plastic free alternative. We'll cover this more in another video soon! Cheers, Meija

With more shelters are created, more new settler are coming! Cheers, Yudi

Hello! Good question. I understand that it might seem counterintuitive to be felling so many trees at once, and thinning is a good option in some areas. This site is particularly interesting in that it is very isolated. It is situated on the southern shore of Loch Arkaig towards the west with no track or road access. It'd be fair to wonder why this matters at all, and to answer that this makes it difficult to remove timber. In this case a custom-made barge has been constructed to move the timber to the northern shore to be hauled by road for processing, and as the barge is expensive and only present for so long so there is only so much time to remove these trees. The trouble with exotic conifers is that they can regenerate quickly and in most cases faster than our native tree species so if some are left then they continue to outcompete and overshadow native habitats which are valuable in their own right. To compound this, one of the non-native species on site, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), has been found to be diseased with a fungal infection that can impact other pine species, such as Scots pine. The fungal needle blight (Dothistroma septosporum) causes defoliation, or in rare cases, death. The Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees present at this site are not your typical pines that you often see in Scottish plantations either. Caledonian pinewoods are a genetically distinct oceanic variant of this habitat that only exists in Scotland. They are descendants of wild Scots pine, which recolonised after glaciers retreated across the Scottish Highlands about 11,700 years ago. The fragments remaining at Aird Nòis are therefore extremely valuable for what they can offer in terms of genetic robustness. These trees have also been found to take longer to regenerate in the west of Scotland, so this is really an emergency action to protect a unique fragment of Scotland's ancient woodland. Let me know if you have any further questions, happy to answer them! Cheers, Isla. :)

Thanks for that very detailed answer. Much appreciated.

They are just climbing trees with the guides we are training. Only Ramiro here will be employed as a tree climbing guide. - Cheers, Duarte

Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and support! In case you haven’t, make sure to check out our main channel at Mossy Earth to learn more about this project! Cheers, Yudi