my first stop is fulhadoo, an island only 6km long and just 250m wide. seeing this sandbag barrier on arrival, you start to understand the battle these islanders are facing. coral and coral reefs are what makes these islands, but they are facing huge challenges. so the first person i m going to meet is someone who s made it their life s passion to protect and nurture corals. thanks. this island has a population of a few hundred people. it s so thin, any erosion can have a dramatic effect on their lives. hello! i m going on a fieldtrip with aya naseem and her team. aya is a marine biologist at the maldives coral institute. she s taking me to see
it s so thin, any erosion can have a dramatic effect on their lives. hello! i m going on a fieldtrip with aya naseem and her team. aya is a marine biologist at the maldives coral institute. she s taking me to see one of their coral projects that they hope may offer a solution in maintaining the health of these lifegiving reefs. so for the maldives, all our islands are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, you ll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, it s really low impact, and it s not going to erode the beach so much. so, the coral reef is an important natural barrier to stop the erosion of the beaches?
hello! i m going on a fieldtrip with aya naseem and her team. aya is a marine biologist at the maldives coral institute. she s taking me to see one of their coral projects that they hope may offer a solution in maintaining the health of these lifegiving reefs. so for the maldives, all our islands are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, you ll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, it s really low impact, and it s not going to erode the beach so much. so, the coral reef is an important natural barrier to stop the erosion of the beaches? that s right. it s our first line of defence. so, what s damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development,
aya is a marine biologist at the maldives coral institute. she s taking me to see one of their coral projects that they hope may offer a solution in maintaining the health of these lifegiving reefs. so for the maldives, all our islands are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, you ll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, it s really low impact, and it s not going to erode the beach so much. so, the coral reef is an important natural barrier to stop the erosion of the beaches? that s right. it s our first line of defence. so, what s damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development, that s a big problem. climate change issues with, um.coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually warm sea temperatures.
the maldivian islands are in danger of being washed into the ocean. my first stop is fulhadoo, an island only 6km long and just 250 metres wide. seeing this sandbag barrier on arrival, you start to understand the battle these islanders are facing. coral and coral reefs are what makes these islands, but they are facing huge challenges. so the first person i m going to meet is someone who s made it their life s passion to protect and nurture corals. thanks. this island has a population of a few hundred people. it s so thin, any erosion can have a dramatic effect on their lives. hello! i m going on a fieldtrip with aya naseem and her team.