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Bluepeace has called for the creation of nature reserves to offset increasing environmental damage caused by rising industrial activity... read more
Mangroves in the Maldives are normally found in depressions of islets locally known as Kulhi. Some species of mangroves also grow along island lagoons. Mangrove areas are highly productive ecosystem contributing to the food chains of atoll islands. They are also important to the atoll ecosystems, as they filter out silt, nutrients and sand that would otherwise go out to the house reef around the islands, suffocate corals and encourage algal growth... read more
The White Tern (Gygis alba) locally know as Dhondheeni , sometimes called as Kandhuvalu dhooni is a small seabird traditionally only confined to the Addu Atoll, the southern uttermost atoll in the Maldives. However, the White Tern is commonly found across the tropical seas of the world and in the Indian Ocean... read more
ARTPORT-making waves: Education Climate Action Social Change
Friends of Maldives
Deep Blue Holidays