New ranger station in Marshall Islands to help preserve Namdrik Atoll’s pristine lagoon
Namdrik Atoll is small – just 1.1 square miles of land – but it encloses a beautiful a beautiful lagoon. Namdrik islanders will be able to use this new structure – officially an “education and surveillance center” – to coordinate patrols of the new 86-acre reserve within the lagoon, and also to teach locals about the importance of marine conservation. We’re providing funds not just for this building but also to purchase pearl farming equipment so that they can cultivate black south sea pearls (also known as “Tahitian Black” pearls.
Read more about our project on Namdrik Atoll.