St. Maarten, Plant a Million Corals Campaign

Our coral reefs are vital to the health and preservation of our oceans, land and human life, as well as a critical economic force in the world economy. Unfortunately reefs around the world have begun to decline at an alarmingly rapid rate, with the World Wildlife Fund estimating around 25% of the world’s corals already lost, and 70% under serious threat.

In collaboration with Sea Legacy and Dr. David Vaughan we are committed to testing the viability of farmed coral systems in the application of eco-tourism projects developed by Sea to Sky Ventures, as a partner in the “Plant a Million Corals Campaign.”

This restoration project is important not only to the ecosystem but will also help draw international attention to the island and benefit St. Maarten’s economic future.

“Shortly after we first broke ground on the Pelican Peak zipline hurricane Irma hit. The island was devastated by the highest winds ever recorded in history. Almost every part of the  island was affected by the storm, even the local corals. The island’s economy that relies heavily on tourism was brought to a stand still.” -Rex Owen

With Dr. David Vaughan’s coral re-growth techniques we can restore lost 100 year old coral in just 2 years
Dr. David E. Vaughan
Dr. David Vaughan is the President and Founder of the Plant A Million Corals initiative and a marine scientist responsible for developing the “micro-fragmentation” technology and implementation of coral “refusion” techniques.

He has grown and outplanted over 40,000 corals, has 40,000 ready to go and over 100,000 in process for 2019. The depth of coral regeneration experience cannot be overstated as solutions require the finest scientific minds in collaboration with advanced materials and manufacturing.