Qatar University signs patent license agreement to export coral reef restoration technology to Brazil – The Peninsula

Qatar University signs patent license agreement to export coral reef restoration technology to Brazil – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar University on Wednesday signed a patent license agreement with Brazil's The Blue Reef on a new technology developed at the University's Environmental Science Center (ESC) to counteract damage to coral reefs and support their restoration and biodiversity.

The agreement, under which this technology will be exported to Brazil, was signed by Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Professor Mariam Al Ali Al Maadeed, and The Blue Reef CEO Sidney Canto and representatives from the Brazilian embassy in Qatar.

Called artificial fungus forest, the reef restoration technique seeks to grows artificial coral reefs inland and then spread them in the sea, as one of the innovative methods that help restore damaged coral reefs.

Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Al Maadeed said that under the newly signed agreement, currently in the marketing phase, the new technology will be exported to Brazil to support the marine resources restoration.

She stressed that the marine life restoration tests demonstrated the remarkable effectiveness of this modern technology compared to other technologies available in the market, speculating that the new local Qatari product will prevail global markets very soon.

"The technology represents a solution to one of the environmental problems, it is a Made in Qatar, and a