• Harmony between land and ocean

  Mission Blue Hope Spot Champion Rili Djohani has dedicated decades to protecting the vibrant marine world around her Balinese home. With support from the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, she is helping local people to restore the coral reefs they depend on.

• The superhero of the oceans

  Conservationists are working with local communities to repair degraded marine habitats in Cambodia. With support from the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, they are restoring seagrass meadows to bring the ocean’s largest vegetarian back to Cambodia’s waters.

• Uncharted waters

  Australia’s Ningaloo Coast teems with marine life, but its survival depends on the biodiverse Exmouth Gulf nearby.

• An island of hope

  Sandra Bessudo has dedicated her life to the wild waters of Malpelo Island. Today, with the support of the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative and Mission Blue, Bessudo is working tirelessly to help improve and expand the marine protection around Malpelo to preserve its breathtaking biodiversity.

• Think like an ocean

  Through its Perpetual Planet Initiative, Rolex is supporting ocean conservation non-profit Mission Blue in its goal to create a global network of Hope Spots, areas that deserve protection as they are home to vital marine ecosystems.

• A floating rainforest

  Perpetual Planet initiative partner Mission Blue is throwing the spotlight on protection of the fabled Sargasso Sea with the arrival of the Sargasso Sea Commission as its formal Champion.

• Cathedral in the sea

  Emerald rainforests, turquoise waters lapping on to secluded beaches, blissful snorkelling and scuba diving. It is easy to sell the allure of Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula to tourists in search of an adventure holiday: National Geographic once described the area as “the most biologically intense place on Earth”.

• A whale cafe in the Azores

  Through its Perpetual Planet initiative, Rolex is supporting ocean conservation non-profit Mission Blue in its goal to create a global network of Hope Spots, areas that deserve protection as they are home to vital marine ecosystems.

• Watching over the Earth’s Blue Heart

  Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative supports those using science to understand the world’s environmental challenges and who are finding ways to restore balance to our ecosystems, particularly the oceans, which are under siege from a host of pressures.

• Mission Blue

  Rolex has joined forces with Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue initiative to watch over and safeguard the Earth’s oceans. Since 2009, Mission Blue has been creating a network of Hope Spots around the planet, flourishing icons of marine life in the immensity of the Earth’s Blue Heart.