Sostenibilità ambientale alle Maldive

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Io ci metterei Madivaru.... ma chi ha 12000 euro per farci una settimana?
E forse anche Vabbinfaru... poi Velavaru,poi Kihaad

mi piace l'idea apriamolo!!!

Kihaad da quello che ho visto adesso è diventato di fascia altina,le OW's non sono molte ed è posto in Baa Atoll...direi che non è malvagia come isola....

forse anche Komandoo non sarebbe male...

che mi dite invece sel SIx Senses?

Baros Maldives has been a leader in green initiatives for 40 years making it a pioneer Eco Friendly Resort in the Maldives. Formerly an uninhabited wilderness of coconut palms and tropical undergrowth surrounded by an untouched, coral sand beach, the resort’s original rural ambience has been enhanced by careful nurturing of its natural eco-systems. Every day a team of gardeners works to maintain the island’s aura of romance and beauty to complement the luxury resort villas special to an island in the Maldives.

Baros Maldives is like a tropical botanical garden, a unique combination of environmentally responsible luxury, simple Maldivian authenticity and practical sustainability.

On The Island

Environmental concern is paramount even behind the scenes at Baros Maldives.

Water is recycled so it can be used, after purification, for irrigation of the garden.
Led light systems with a longer lifespan and lower electricity consumption are standard.
All the air conditioning units are CFC free.
Guest villas are fitted with a heat exchange system that heats water used for bathing.
Staff accommodation and back-of-house areas are supplied with hot water from the heat exchange system fitted to the island’s generators.
All chemicals used for the cleaning of kitchens, restaurants, public areas, staff accommodation, guest villas, boats, and in the laundry, are bio-degradable.
Awareness programmes with tours to neighbouring village and uninhabited islands, and diving and fishing expeditions, to promote understanding for ecological issues.
In The Sea

The fragile coral reefs of the Maldives are some of the most spectacular in the world, drawing thousands of visitors each year for snorkelling and diving. Yet they are much more than just a tourist attraction, they are the foundation of the whole country, both literally and in terms of sustaining the industries on which the population depends.

Both tourism and fishing would cease if the coral reefs were destroyed. It is vital for the existence of the Maldives that the value and fragility of the coral reefs is understood and considered.

Guests are urged to respect the reef and to refrain from breaking off, or even pressing, any pieces of coral.
Guests are made aware that in the Maldives it is illegal to collect any coral, shells, or other souvenirs from the ocean.
Buying any souvenirs made of turtle shell is illegal in Maldives, and such souvenirs will be confiscated at the airport with a fine being payable
There is now a ban on shark fishing and exporting shark products as shark numbers have dwindled in recent years.
Marine Centre

To educate guests about the importance of conserving marine life, Baros Maldives has a dedicated Marine Centre with a reference library. A Resident Marine Biologist gives weekly lectures on:

“Beauty & Diversity of the Maldives Islands.” This takes guests on a visual journey illustrating life below the sea’s surface, revealing the visible and hidden world of marine creatures, starting from the most primitive invertebrates and ending with the predators of the oceans.
“Structure & Ecology of the Maldives Islands.” Beginning with a journey through the geological history of the Maldivian atolls and islands, guests learn about the current status of the reefs, the threats to them and how everyone can contribute to their conservation.
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EcoDive Centre

Baros Maldives runs the first ever Eco Dive Centre in the Maldives. This offers the internationally recognised Reef Check programme; a course enabling guests to learn how to conduct Reef Check Surveys and take an active role in conserving the world’s reefs.

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Trecentosessantagradi che cielo e mare si spartiscono a metà, centottanta per ciascuno. In una parola, Maldive. E se il benessere, fisico e mentale, chiave del soggiorno in uno degli atolli dell'arcipelago, si realizza sulla terra ferma tra resort a cinque stelle, massaggi ayurveda da mille e una notte e servizi di piatti in porcellana europea, non vuol dire che un occhio non possa essere rivolto oltre i giochi di luce, pochi metri sotto la superficie dell'oceano.
Al Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru - resort superlusso della catena Leading Hotels :48 ville, divise tra la spiaggia bianca e la foresta di noci di cocco - la mission è prendersi cura degli ospiti e dell'ambiente circostante.
Il tutto non si traduce in banali pratiche per far contenti i turisti di lusso dall'anima verde, ma in progetti concreti (sotto il vessillo dell'"imperativo verde", motto della catena ) che vanno avanti con successo da tempo considerevole: il Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab compie infatti cinque anni.

Lo scopo è tra i più nobili: rendere positivo l'impatto ambientale che una struttura simile avrà inevitabilmente. Il design e i materiali – legno, teak, fibre naturali – impiegati nella costruzione del resort, uno dei 40 che la catena Banyan Tree (premiata nel 2008 con ben 68 riconoscimenti internazionali) ha nel mondo, sono stati scelti per ridurre al minimo l'incidenza sull'ambiente circostante.
L'impegno del Marine Lab (finanziato dal Green Imperative Fund istituito dalla catena nel 2001) confluisce nella rigenerazione della barriera corallina e la difesa delle tartarughe verdi. Un mix di progetti scientifici (in collaborazione con il resort "gemello"Angsana Ihuru) – che hanno coinvolto personalità come l'architetto Wolf Hilbertz; il dottor Tom Coreau, studioso di coralli, e Abdul Azeez Abdul Hakeem, consulente riguardo all'ambiente marino – e pura e semplice "educazione". Diretta tanto alla popolazione locale (con le scuole in prima linea) quanto ai turisti in visita che, durante il lori soggiorno, vengono incoraggiati a imparare qualcosa di nuovo sulla flora subacquee, sulla vita delle tartarughe e sulle loro abitudini.

Il progetto Maldives Turtle Conservation consiste nell'allevare un piccolo campione di tartarughe verdi (che rischiano di non sopravvivere a lungo nell'ecosistema) per un anno, finché non abbiano raggiunto una grandezza tale da non essere più facili prede e, di conseguenza, poter essere in grado di riprodursi, evitando l'estinzione della specie. La rigenerazione della barriera corallina, invece, viene promossa attraverso il Vabbinfaru Lotus, una struttura artificiale a forma di fiore di loto che, situata dal novembre 2001 ad una profondità che va dai tre ai dieci metri, funziona come una piccola "nursery" per i coralli, che rappresentano uno degli ecosistemi più complessi al mondo, aiutando le specie più rare a crescere.
Vabbinfaru non è l'unico hotel della catena Banyan Tree a puntare così tanto sull'ecologia e sul rispetto dell'ambiente. Anche i resort delle Seychelles, di Phuket e di Bintan sono luoghi in cui il lusso si accompagna al risparmio di acqua, all'utilizzo di prodotti da bagno totalmente biodegradabili e, nel caso di Banyan Tree Seychelles, un laboratorio per la salvaguardia delle tartarughe hawksbill.

In 2003, we began an effort to create a dedicated research facility in Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru.

When the Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab officially opened its doors in early 2004, it became the first resort-based facility in the Maldives. The Marine Lab was designed to provide basic facilities and equipment for important fieldwork conducted by visiting expert scientists, as well as to share the necessity of marine conservation and sustainable livelihoods with local communities.

Since that inception, the Marine Lab has grown to carry the banner for our CSR efforts in Maldives. Due to the success in contributing to both the scientific body of knowledge, as well as the community’s understanding of the importance of environmental conservation, this model was recreated in late 2006 with the opening of the Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab, Velavaru and again in 2007 with the opening of the Banyan Tree Bintan Conservation Lab.

Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab, Vabbinfaru
Launched in December 2003, the Lab represents years of hard work and dedication to local environmental conservation and community issues. It provides the umbrella for coordinating extensive conservation work conducted by associates, guests and scientists while also providing a centre for raising environmental awareness within the communities in the Maldives.

Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab, Velavaru
In 2007, a second research facility, the Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab, was established on the island of Velavaru in the South Nilandhe Atoll. The Banyan Tree Velavaru Marine Lab is a research facility which aims to further understand and safeguard the incredible diversity of the Maldivian reefs and ocean. Furthermore, it hopes to introduce and share with resort guests the joy and importance of marine conservation, by actively encouraging guests to get involved in the discovery, protection and conservation of local marine wildlife and corals.

Anantara Kihavah Villas:

Daily beach cleaning (365 days per year)
Onsite Resident Marine Biologist
Minor Founder's Day Eye Camp held on Kendoo Island
Pre-school library created on Kendoo Island
Blood donation for Thalassaemia Centre in Male
Providing lunch for the Maldives Disabled Centre in the Male Atolll
Children’s day, including lunch and activities, for a Maldives’ orphanage
Traditional medicine course for people living in the Baa Atoll
Introduction of solar buggies
Rainwater collection
Coral Adoption Programme
Water refill bottling plant to reduce plastic bottles
Water bottles given to all Associates to replace use of plastic bottles
Help to maintain a historical mosque (one of the very first mosque in the Maldives) on Kendhoo Island
Family day, including lunch and activities, for Baa Atoll associates families
Monthly reef cleaning
Create tourism awareness programs amongst school children in Baa Atoll
Provide job and training opportunities for Kudarikilu and Kendhoo school graduates
Provide a free ferry service to locals to travel Male & Eydhafushi weekly

Anantara Dhigu Resort & Spa and Anantara Veli Resort & Spa:

Blood donation for Thalassaemia Centre in Male
Coral nursery to regenerate broken coral
Participated in Earth Hour
Daily beach cleaning (365 days per year)
Minor Founder’s Day blood donation by Anantara Associates
Mosquito fogging during the most humid months on Guli Island
Tree planning on Guli Island
Maafushi school students invited for career orientation
Resorts attend Male career fair to attract college students to join hospitality industry
Onsite Marine Biologist giving guests eco tourism tips
Flat screen TV and computers donated to school on Maafushi Island
Beach cleaning on Maafushi Island (365 days per year)
Return ferry service provided for locals to Male
Marine life presentation for the Guest
Anantara Maldives Open day at Kaafu Maafushi Island
Participated in Children’s evening to celebrate Maldives National day at Kaafu Guraidhoo Island
Providing internship placements for local students from Maldives University
Provided 5 placements for Skill Training and Employment Program (STEP) which is organized by Ministry of Tourism

Although Anantara Kihavah has eradicated plastic bottles from the island, the pristine oceans still get littered with rubbish. The team does a monthly “Ocean Cleaning Day” to rid the surrounding reefs of garbage that can affect this fragile ecosystem.

Anantara Resorts - the first resort operator in the Maldives to have all its resorts Green Globe Certified – have embarked on an ambitious project to relocate corals from the healthy house reef at Anantara Veli to Anantara Dhigu’s lagoon. Coral reefs, the most diverse type of marine habitat, protect the Anantara Dhigu Island’s pristine beaches and guard the crystal-clear lagoon. They also support an astounding array of tropical fish, crustaceans and bizarre-looking molluscs. Under the supervision and expert guidance of the resorts’ resident Marine Biologist, divers removed over 450 different coral species and relocated it onto purpose built iron frames and other artificial casings in the lagoon. The frames are environmentally friendly and designed to promote the flow of water and nutrients and are covered in sand to encourage coral to grow faster than it normally would. This eco-friendly exercise proved to be extremely successful as is evident by the fish and other sea life that it attracts.

Tim Smit, Co-Founder and Director, Eden Project, takes a tour of the organic garden of Soneva Fushi, and talks about the importance of being an optimist when talking about climate change challenges and sustainability.

Susan McPherson, Fenton, reflects on the quality of speakers at the SLOW LIFE Symposium, and the inspirational sustainability programme at Soneva Fushi.

Sonu Shivdasani, CEO of Soneva Resorts, talks about the goals of the SLOW LIFE Symposium - sharing ideas between leading environmentalists, leaders in the hotel and tourism industry and government leaders.

President Nasheed of the Maldives talks about the potential for resorts to be custodians of the environment. Many of the adaptation measures the government of the Maldives is learning are directly from the private sector and resorts, such as coral regeneration.