Alex Ritson

The experiences that we've had together are so special and unique and are things that have enriched my life so much.

And you've also brought joy to the lives of the people in my life.

I'd like to reiterate what she said, that she's brought a lot of joy into my life.

And I just hope our friendship continues.

It's a lot of fun.

She's a really smart, amazing person, a great friend.

I'm so happy to have met her and that she's accepted me into her life and into her circle of friends.

I've introduced her to many of my friends.

They love her.

It's a great experience for older people and younger people to get together.

And just talk me through what reintroducing them to Floriana would entail.

How would scientists go about doing that?

And presumably these tortoises are now going to be tracked and monitored and hopefully they will then breed and the species will sort of run its course.

They call themselves underwater gardeners.

Working together, they collect broken coral fragments that can still grow and then tie them onto metal frames, which they then place on the sandy patches of ocean floor where the reef once thrived.

Dila is one of the volunteers.

Divers must carry heavy oxygen tanks, descend in currents, and spend hours underwater securing fragile fragments, as another volunteer, Iam, explains.

Collecting coral fragments and tying them underwater are still relatively easy for us to do.

Mudasir Zainuddin, a conservation activist, also promotes reef recovery through a programme he calls Coral Adoption, inviting the public to participate by supporting coral planting and monitoring its progress over time.

videos of the divers working underwater have spread widely on social media.