Protecting the Maldives' coral reefs
14 Jan 2015 | by dw.de
Global warming threatens coral reefs around the world. Matthias Hammer, director of Biosphere Expeditions, talks to DW about involving local communities in reef conservation in the Maldives.
Reefs are in crisis really, all over the world, and until Reef Check was introduced in the 1980s, there was really no consensus on whether reefs were doing well or not amongst scientists. Now we have a methodology applied all over the world and you can compare reefs.
