Minutes away from the Kenyan mainland, the densely forested island of Wasini is one of several starting lines for coral reef restoration efforts in the western Indian Ocean.
On a rare calm day during the normally turbulent monsoon season, four divers carrying measuring equipment, shoes and toothbrushes descended in turns to the sea-bed reef restoration site on the Shimoni Channel.
“We use coral fragments collected from wild populations to establish the nurseries,” diver Yatin Patel said, before slipping into the turquoise waters. “After growing, they’re taken to the coral garden.”
Patel and his team, who are part of REEFolution, clean the
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