by Tom Goreau | Feb 24, 2024
MALDIVES DREDGE DUMPING ON CORAL REEFS STOPPED BY INJUNCTION A massive Maldives project to dump dredged material on top of reefs to create artificial islands has been stopped for the first time by a Maldives Court Injunction, due to lack of scientifically sound...
by Tom Goreau | Jan 31, 2023
Dredging to create artificial islands just centimeters above sea level is damaging the Maldivian coral reefs that built and protected the islands. Concerned Maldivians point out how the country’s future is being sacrificed to short term profit in Open letter to...
by Tom Goreau | Dec 21, 2022
Press Release – Velaa Coral Programme Biorock Velaa Private Island installs new state-of-the art Biorock® projects to regenerate coral reefs December 2022, Maldives Dr. Thomas J. Goreau and Thomas Sarkisian recently visited Velaa Private Island to spearhead the...
by Tom Goreau | Jan 31, 2022
Maldives Biorock Figures compressed January 31, 2022 GCRA White Paper MALDIVES BIOROCK: Past results & future applications Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance SUMMARY The Maldivian way of life for more than four thousand years is under...
