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Launching the second phase of coral rehabilitation

Coral reef rehabilitation in Sri Lanka
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In 2022, the School Meets the Reef team made its first attempt to engage in coral reef rehabilitation by placing an in situ nursery and three reef balls at the Kalkudah site. These efforts follow continuous monitoring and engagement from the team to ensure that the coral grows optimally.

Here is our latest progress update:

 One of the concrete reef balls with planted Acropora.
Planted Acropora branching corals grown to 2–5 centimeters over the course of a year.
Three juvenile batfish taking shelter under our nursery.
Three reef balls waiting on the beach.
Posing underwater in very low visibility.
A coral polyp.
We finally managed to place all three reef balls underwater with significant effort.
Randil teaches how to carefully apply underwater cement on the reef ball along with the coral nubbin from our nursery.

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