Coral Gardeners report community-led reef restoration across three regions
Environmental
Project overview
- Project or resultCoral Gardeners grows coral fragments in nurseries and replants them on damaged reefs, combining local reef-gardening teams with science and ocean education.
- Reported resultsCorals planted: 238,250 · Reef restored: 25,100 m² · Jobs created: 80+
- Location contextFrench Polynesia · Fiji · Thailand
What changed
First retained snapshot
No earlier verified snapshot is present in the recovered dataset. This record remains available as the historical baseline.
Situation
Coral Gardeners grows coral fragments in nurseries and replants them on damaged reefs, combining local reef-gardening teams with science and ocean education. Its current impact page reports 238,250 corals planted, 25,100 m² of reef restored and more than 80 jobs created.
The organisation reports project areas in French Polynesia, Fiji and Thailand, with 12 active restoration sites across those regions in its 2025 impact report. These country-level map markers show reported project areas; they are not coordinates for individual nurseries or restoration sites.
The 2025 report also describes AI-assisted image analysis and photogrammetry for reef monitoring. At the June 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, the French Polynesian government announced support for recognising coral gardening as a profession; this records an announced commitment, not a claim that legislation has taken effect.
Linked charities and agencies
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor checked this project story against 3 attributed Coral Gardeners source pages. Results are presented as organisation-reported where applicable.
Verified figures
- Corals planted · organisation-reported
- 238,250 retained at 2026-09-26
- Reef restored · organisation-reported
- 25,100 m² retained at 2026-09-26
- Jobs created · organisation-reported
- 80+ retained at 2026-09-26
- Active restoration sites in 2025 · organisation-reported
- 12 across three regions retained at 2026-09-26
- Project areas · country-level context
- French Polynesia · Fiji · Thailand retained at 2026-09-26
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- CURRENT IMPACT PAGE REVIEWED · 238,250 CORALS PLANTED · 25,100 M² REEF RESTORED · 80+ JOBS REPORTED preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- 2025 IMPACT REPORT REVIEWED · 12 ACTIVE SITES IN FRENCH POLYNESIA, FIJI AND THAILAND; AI-ASSISTED MONITORING DESCRIBED preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.
Provenance
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