Growing Coral with Sam Teicher and Morag Gamble

About this episode

Sam Teicher discusses the importance of coral reefs as living systems that support marine life and cultural significance.

Coral reefs are often spoken about as beautiful places we visit. In this episode, Sam Teicher brings us into a much bigger understanding, reefs as living systems that support marine biodiversity, sustain livelihoods, protect coasts from storms and erosion, and hold deep cultural meaning for many communities. Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the sea floor, yet support around 25% of marine life. Already 50% have been lost, and 90% may be gone forever in 25 years. Sam is the co founder of Coral...

People in this episode

Host: Morag Gamble

Guest: Sam Teicher

Topics covered

• coral reefs
• marine biodiversity
• sustainability
• cultural significance
• environmental protection

Keywords

• coral reefs
• marine life
• biodiversity
• sustainability
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coral

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