MRR urges halt to dredging over coral bleaching risk

1 week ago

Local marine conservation group, the Maldives Resilient Reefs (MRR) has issued an urgent appeal to authorities to put a temporary halt to all dredging and land reclamation works, citing risk of a looming coral bleaching event. In a statement on Monday, the MRR said that as of Saturday, the NOAA Coral Reef Watch has placed the Maldives under a ‘Coral Bleaching