Protecting the reefs of the Maldives through education & capacity-building

Six Senses Maldives resorts sponsor Biosphere Expeditions $79,000 over four years to:

• ...survey and monitor remote reefs of the Maldives
• ...educate and involve local people
• ...create a scholarship program
• ...and train and educate local staff

Biosphere Expeditions is working with a large number of partners such as Reef Check (RC), the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) and the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), as well as local businesses such as Soneva Resorts Maldives, operators and local communities to ensure its success.  The project is also supported by the Marine Research Centre (Maldives Fisheries Dept.)

 

For more details please visit:

 

 www.biosphere-expeditions.org/six-senses