Coral transplanting at Gili Lankanfushi has really taken off in the year 2021!

There is no place on Earth where the existence of humanity is tied more closely to the bounties of the Big Blue than the Maldives, a country that consists of 99% ocean.

The Coral Line Project at Gili Lankanfushi started in 2014, and has been growing ever since.

During these uncertain times, allow us to share some positive updates about the ongoing sustainability efforts we have been undertaking at Gili Lankanfushi.

Over the past few years our Coral Line Project nursery has flourished thanks to everyone’s efforts and contributions.

As we enter into a new year and decade, there are some new updates from Gili Veshi that we want to share with you.

Our Coral Lines Project is a nursery dedicated to corals, however, because of the inherent role and function that corals play in the ecosystem, plenty of other creatures have also made the coral nursery their home.

This month we have begun to transplant some coral colonies from our older lines out onto the One Palm Island reef.

After three months of rehabilitation, the day for Ruby to finally return home arrived. On the 30th of January, Ruby was released from the beach where she made a dash into the ocean and swam off into the sunset.

At the end of last year, the Popler family rescued a juvenile Olive Ridley that was entangled in a plastic jute sack which they named Ruby.