A message from the MWSRP team: In 2024, MWSRP further embraced the power of collaboration, successfully expanded the team and provided multiple learning opportunities to aspiring Maldivian marine biologists. Heartfelt thanks goes to the communities and partners—both in the Maldives and around the globe—who supported us and continue to inspire and drive our mission to … Read more
A message from the MWSRP team: In 2023, MWSRP embarked on numerous new endeavours and joint projects, and we want to express our gratitude to everyone who was engaged. The support we receive from our many communities and colleagues in the Maldives and throughout the world fuels our commitment and desire to continue our objective … Read more
A message from the MWSRP team: 2022 has been a year of great achievements for MWSRP following the somewhat cautionary year of 2021 when the pandemic was still very much felt across the world, and our organisation was tentatively resuming in-field operations in the form of liveaboard-based expeditions. The year 2022 saw many new ventures … Read more
A message from the MWSRP team: After the suspension of infield operations in March 2020 on account of the Covid-19 outbreak, the team was able to return back to the field in March 2021. For the purposes of this report, encounters submitted by contributors after the 5th of February which had taken place between the … Read more
A message from the MWSRP team: Like many grassroots conservation organisations, the pandemic has hit our charity hard. We had no choice but to suspend our infield operations in March 2020. Therefore, the information presented in this report (February 2020 – February 2021) comes from data collected during the month and a half MWSRP was … Read more
A message from the MWSRP team: The charity’s objectives are to promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of whale shark and marine biological diversity by: (a) promoting and carrying out for the public benefit research and publishing or otherwise disseminating the useful results … Read more
