GUARDIANS IN ACTION
Coral Education
Our education programs offer a range of opportunities to get involved and make a difference. We provide Coral ID classes, general marine education, and skills development courses, such as mastering buoyancy and participating in clean-up dives. These programs not only raise awareness about the importance of coral reefs but also allow dive centers to support conservation efforts while generating funds.
We supply educational materials, tools, and resources, while dive centers contribute boats, equipment, and participants. Together, we empower individuals and businesses to play a direct role in protecting and restoring our marine ecosystems.
Coral Nurseries
We build coral nurseries near dive centers, involving divers in the hands-on work of collecting loose coral fragments, installing them in the nurseries, and maintaining their growth. These efforts help grow corals that supply our Mars Stars Reef Building Pilots, a key initiative for preserving coral genetic diversity.
Dive centers have the opportunity to partner with us to establish their own coral nurseries for a modest setup cost. By doing so, they play a direct role in coral restoration, offering divers a meaningful way to engage with reef conservation while supporting the long-term health of these vital ecosystems.
Mars Stars Reef Building Pilots
We are excited to launch pilot projects using Mars Reef Stars, an innovative structure designed specifically for coral restoration. These projects will be implemented at three sites around Roatán, where we aim to rebuild reefs with the support of the local community.
Mars Reef Stars provides valuable guidance, education, and training, but does not offer funding. Therefore, we depend on the local community and dive centers to assist with the deployment of these structures. By collaborating with us, you help drive these critical restoration efforts and contribute to the long-term health of our coral reefs.
SCTLD Coral Treatment
Our mission is to restore and protect the Mesoamerican Caribbean coral reef through community involvement, education, and science-backed restoration techniques. Our work eims to support a resilient ecosystem that can help the reef recover from disease and damage, and
build resiliency to withstand future destruction. By engaging with local nonprofits, researchers, businesses, and volunteers, we are building a network of Guardians dedicated to preserving coral reefs.
Clean-Up and Survey Dives
We organize community engagement dives to clean up local waters and conduct surveys on coral and fish populations.
We also organize beach and mangrove cleaning, pick up trash and plastic contamination in those fragile ecosystems and serve recycling projects.
Control of invasive species
First we master your buoyancy and others advanced diving technics.
Then we train and certified you to hunt invasive lion-fish to preserve the native fish population and the diversity on the reef.
We also teach you how to identified, locate and remove other aggressive sponges and algae, mitigating their destructive propagation on top of precious alive hard coral colonies.
Mangrove Reforestation
Mangrove habitats are the natural nurseries of the coral reef. An innumerable diversity of species depends on the symbiosis of these 2 ecosystems for survival.
Mangroves also filter the water, catch sediment and other pollutants, they protect the beaches and shores, breaking the waves and provide a food source for local communities.
That's why we collect Rhizophora Red Mangrove seeds, grow them for months in our breeding grounds before we out-plant them back into the mangrove to increase their survival rate.
This assisted reforestation process tends to mitigate the environmental impact created by illegal deforestation. Restoring this fragile ecosystem that absorbs 5 times more C02 than rainforest and is in a critical danger, facing uncontrolled touristic and private development projects.
