Our goals
At Atoll Marine Conservation Centre, our vision is a more sustainable and conscious local society, where people and the ocean are once again closely connected. Our mission is to raise awareness about the marine environment, focusing on sea turtles and coral reefs, through active community engagement. We strive to reach as many social groups as possible, highlighting both the threats facing the environment and the solutions available in the Maldives. By fostering collaboration between locals and tourists, we hope to build a cleaner, healthier, and more resilient environment. To guide and streamline our conservation work, we focus on four main goals.
Read more about them below!
Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation
At Atoll Marine Centre, one of our primary goals is turtle rescue and rehabilitation.
Every day, our marine team takes care of our injured turtle patients. We also accept turtle hatchlings that have been kept illegally as pets, and rehabilitate them so they can be released back into the ocean.
Find out more about our sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation work.
Being based on the island of Naifaru, we work hard every day to protect our island and its surroundings.
As an island nation, waste management is a huge problem in the Maldives. Local and uninhabited islands lack sufficient waste management infrastructure, which often results in lots of litter on the beaches and in the ocean surrounding these islands.
Read more to find out what we do to protect Naifaru and its surroundings!
