title: Coral gardener of the Maldives.
abstract: Abdul Azeez Abdul Hakeem is a man with a vision. He is 53 years old, with a degree in agronomy and an idea, if not an obsession: to nurse and propagate corals on a large scale. His motive, however, is not to provide for the international marine aquarium trade but as a safeguard for the livelihood of his country, the Maldives.
authors.affiliation: straubj@dabacomm.ch
authors.forename: Jürg Oliver
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Straub
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002980:Climate; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000254:growth & development*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods; D007195:Indian Ocean Islands; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014872:Water Movements