The Maldives is the exotic new destination for a marine biologist from Belfast specialising in the restoration of coral reefs.

As the Belfast Telegraph reports, 23-year-old Rosalie Bailie has already spent time in Kenya where she worked for the REEFolution Foundation and its mission to develop sustainable management of fragile coral reef ecosystems.

Soon she will relocate across the Indian Ocean to educate tourists in the popular island chain destination about the importance of ocean conservation.

Euronews has more on Bailie’s work to protect Kenya’s coral reefs HERE.