Through the Six Senses Social and Environmental Responsibility Fund, Biosphere Expeditions certified Soneva Fushi hosts as Reef Check Eco Divers. Three more hosts won the opportunity to join the reef surveying expedition onboard luxury liveaboard the Carpe Diem, while two local scholarship winners from the government’s Marine Research Centre joined the expedition to build their capacity to survey reefs. Two local divemasters were also certified.
Through this SERF grant an educational children’s colouring book was also sponsored, which was handed over to the Ministry of Education. 2,500 copies have been printed and are soon to be distributed through Maldives schools.
Many sites were surveyed on the expedition providing the government with much needed data on reef health, as well as feeding into a global reef database.
Maldives host scholarships will be available every year for the next three years.
Opportunities will be advertised later in 2012.
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| Recording whale shark ID! |
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| The local scholarship winners from the Marine Research Centre |
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| The first Biosphere Expeditions team in Maldives! |
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| Handing over the childrens book to the Ministry of Education |
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