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    Bali's reefs need you

    Years of physical damage from shifting pontoon boat anchors and clearing areas for seaweed farming devastated this local ecosystem, causing fish populations to plummet. Recognizing the crisis, the local community stepped up to bring the reef back to life. These dedicated replanting efforts have already restored more than 1km of coral, with even more expansion planned. Today, the returned sections of the reef are making a spectacular comeback, once again thriving with colorful fish.

    Damaged coral rubble on a reef in Nusa Penida, Bali before restoration

    Indonesia's reefs are the most bio-diverse on the planet

    The reefs of Nusa Penida sit in a deep channel where cold upwelling helps protect the corals from ocean warming. We're also partnering with Ocean Gardener, using their thermoresilient donor coral stock to strengthen the reef's long-term odds. This area may be one of the last frontiers for coral in a warming ocean.

    The corals provide habitat for fish and other marine life. We hope to quantify how much of that life has returned to the area as a result of our joint replanting efforts.

    Coral reef underwater scenery in Nusa Penida

    Explore the Nusa Penida Restoration site

    The corals are located in the shallow waters and just outside of the reef crest in a tiny fishing village Ped, north of Nusa Penida, Bali.

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    Ocean Gardener

    Ocean Gardener

    Ocean Gardener is a Bali-based coral reef restoration non-profit. Established in 2016, they are a diverse team of biologists, divers and coral enthusiasts that drive to make change by restoring Indonesia’s degraded reef areas. Vincent, the founder, has over 25 years of coral farming experience and they have achieved great success rates with their coral restoration sites. They actively partner with local communities, hotels, resorts and dive shops to setup and deploy coral nurseries using our protocols. From these nurseries, we harvest donor coral to restore the surrounding reefs. Collectively with their partners, they have planted over 1 million corals. They offer visits to their coral nurseries in 3 different locations in Bali, as well as short and long format courses to learn about coral restoration. The proceeds from the visits and courses goes back into the community coral planting programs and coral research into their reproduction to see how the knowledge can be used to help save the reefs that are threatened by global warming.

    Ocean Gardener team

    Your coral adoption.
    Tracked from day one.

    Reef restoration is usually invisible to donors. At Canopi, every coral you adopt is a real fragment being raised in a coral nursery in Nusa Penida, Indonesia — geotagged, photographed, and monitored underwater by the Ocean Gardener team. Surplus funds expand larger scale reef-planting campaigns across Bali.

    Real coral fragments

    See your coral grow over time

    Monthly coral updates

    See your coral grow underwater

    Verified payouts

    Ocean Gardener earns as your coral matures

    Reliable funding

    Long-term stability for reef restoration

    Why adopt a coral on Canopi?

    Canopi, a Canadian non-profit, builds the adoption platform and provides marketing help so reef partners like Ocean Gardener can reach more people who care about the ocean.

    Make an impact

    • Get a digital adoption card
    • Name your coral and share.
    • Monthly updates
    • Funds real restoration

    How many corals do you want to adopt?

    2 corals$10 / month

    14 corals available

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