{"id":8818,"date":"2017-06-16T17:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/?p=8818"},"modified":"2017-06-16T17:56:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:56:30","slug":"engagement-healthy-ocean-gili-veshi-centre-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/de\/blog\/engagement-healthy-ocean-gili-veshi-centre-maldives\/","title":{"rendered":"Saviors of the ocean: the Gili Veshi centre on the Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff shariff-align-left shariff-widget-align-left\" data-services=\"pinterest%7Cfacebook\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/de\/blog\/engagement-healthy-ocean-gili-veshi-centre-maldives\/\" data-timestamp=\"1497635790\" data-backendurl=\"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/de\/wp-json\/shariff\/v1\/share_counts?\"><ul class=\"shariff-buttons theme-round orientation-horizontal buttonsize-small\"><li class=\"shariff-button pinterest shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#e70f18;border-radius:1%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenpearls.com%2Fde%2Fblog%2Fengagement-healthy-ocean-gili-veshi-centre-maldives%2F&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenpearls.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F06%2Fwater-1446738_960_720-4.jpg&description=Saviors%20of%20the%20ocean%3A%20the%20Gili%20Veshi%20centre%20on%20the%20Maldives\" title=\"Bei Pinterest pinnen\" aria-label=\"Bei Pinterest pinnen\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\";border-radius:1%; 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Today we\u2019ll make a stop on the Maldives: one of our Green Pearls\u00ae, the <span style=\"color: #669933;\"><a style=\"color: #669933;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/hotels\/indian-ocean\/maldives\/gili-lankanfushi\">Gili Lankanfushi<\/a><\/span>, has opened a new and innovative marine research centre to deepen its engagement for a sound marine ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/beach-768999_960_720-1-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Pollution of the ocean<\/h3>\n<p>We all know that the oceans are far from being healthy: due to global warming the water temperature rises which negatively affects many sensitive symbioses having developed over millions of years. A huge amount of the worldwide resulting plastic waste pollutes the sea and is being eaten by animals. Assuming it is food they starve with a \u201efull\u201c stomach. Because of the great number of mineral deposits on the seabed (for example manganese nodules) there\u2019s also a high risk of conveyor plants being built interfering top of all other problems with the ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/maldives-1268661_960_720-1-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Diver\u2019s paradise or coral cemetery?<\/h3>\n<p>Especially the Maldives subsist on their coral reefs &#8211; not only because many tourists come here for diving, but because the coral reefs can save the islands from the consequences of the climatic change and from sinking into the sea. In the last almost twenty years there were already three attacks of coral bleaching. One of the reasons is the rise of the water temperature which causes a change in the symbiosis of corals and seaweed. As a result the corals repel the seaweeds and, if the temperature is not sinking shortly afterwards enabling a symbiosis again, they die. Already a quarter of all coral reefs are considered to be destroyed. Furthermore waste and intense algae growth take away the sun light the corals desperately need to grow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8826 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/GLM_Coral-Line-Project-1-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Helping the corals to grow<\/h3>\n<p>Since its foundation the Gili Lankanfushi is deeply engaged in the protection of the environment around the Maldives, namely with their coral lines project. The settlement of corals is supported in a two-step process: first corals are nursed in a rope nursery mid-water before they are being transplanted to the house reef of <span style=\"color: #669933;\"><a style=\"color: #669933;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gili-lankanfushi.com\">Gili Lankanfushi<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fish-378286_960_720-960x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>A central contact point for researchers and guests<\/h3>\n<p>On the 8th of June 2017, the World Oceans Day, the Gili Veshi (meaning \u201eGili environment\u201c in the local Dhivehi language), the first marine research centre on the island, was opened. The goal is to be the central contact point for all matters regarding sustainability, support research and offer tourists the opportunity to contribute. Working together with researchers from all over the world as well as with different NGOs as <span style=\"color: #669933;\"><a style=\"color: #669933;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gili-lankanfushi.com\">Manta Trust<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #669933;\"><a style=\"color: #669933;\" href=\"http:\/\/oliveridleyproject.org\">Olive Ridley Turtle Project<\/a><\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #669933;\"><a style=\"color: #669933;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tourisminmaldives.com\/snorkeling-in-maldives\/maldives-shark-watch-program.html\">Shark Watch<\/a><\/span> program, shows the holistic approach of the centre: the whole sensitive ecosystem is being monitored and analyzed to identify problems such as the onslaught of the invasive Crown of Thorn starfish or coral bleaches at an early stage.<\/p>\n<p>Of course guests can also contribute, for example with participating in the monthly reef cleaning to remove oceanic waste, with planting carbon-sinking seagrass or by helping to attach corals on the lines of the coral nursery. 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