by Tom Goreau | Aug 31, 2025
Local Losing ground: Cayman facing race against time to protect and restore our beaches By James Whittaker – 29 August 2025 Behind a mesh fence in an industrial yard off a Grand Cayman highway, soft hills of powdery sand, salvaged from a construction project,...
by Tom Goreau | Apr 8, 2025
Live broadcast of CPR Cayman Public information event on proposed cruise ship port referendum, March 18 2025 Featuring: 1. Community perspectives (0m to 59m) 2. Economic perspectives. Dr. Marla Dukharan. (59m – 1h 58m) 3. Slide show of reefs that will be...
by Tom Goreau | Mar 24, 2024
Sediment dredging is killing corals and must stop during bleaching events Caption: Coral reef sediment dredging in the Maldives, seen in this satellite image, leaves long plumes of fine sediments that smother and eventually kill corals. The plume, larger than most...
by Tom Goreau | Feb 24, 2024
MALDIVES DREDGE DUMPING ON CORAL REEFS STOPPED BY INJUNCTION A massive Maldives project to dump dredged material on top of reefs to create artificial islands has been stopped for the first time by a Maldives Court Injunction, due to lack of scientifically sound...
by Tom Goreau | Jan 31, 2023
Dredging to create artificial islands just centimeters above sea level is damaging the Maldivian coral reefs that built and protected the islands. Concerned Maldivians point out how the country’s future is being sacrificed to short term profit in Open letter to...
