马尔代夫法里群岛丽思卡尔顿酒店庆祝 2023 年海洋保护亮点

Forming part of the coveted Fari Islands’ lifestyle concept, 马尔代夫丽思卡尔顿酒店, Fari Islands has been championing environmental education since its opening in 2021. A destination that’s fast become an iconic addition to the Indian Ocean, is also home to a hub of innovation when it comes to environmental conservation. The resort steps lightly in to 2024 celebrating its continued dedication to the protection of our natural world.

‘Eye in the Sky’ Drone Technology

在度假村自然学家和进步研究团体的带领下， 马尔代夫法里群岛丽思卡尔顿酒店’ sophisticated ocean plastics’ monitoring program works to conserve one of the world’s most fragile ecosystems with the use of drones. In partnership with British PhD researcher Melissa Schiele, drone technology has been developed and deployed in and around the atoll to better understand the location and movement of ocean plastics, including discarded fishing nets (ghost nets). With immediate impact resort teams are able to locate and remove otherwise hard to find debris identified by drones.

In 2023 the resort’s naturalist team and dive network removed 19 ghost nets with an estimated weight of 1100kg. These ghost nets travel in to the east Indian Ocean via strong ocean winds and currents experienced in the region from mid-December. In 2023, the resort successfully rescued five olive ridley sea turtles found entangled in abandoned nets. Two turtles were released immediately, with three rehabilitated by the Olive Ridley Project’s veterinary team at the Marine Turtle Rescue Centre in Baa Atoll, before a successful reintroduction to the ocean. A rehabilitated turtle named ‘Muraka’, released on the 16th of August 2023, was fitted with a GPS tracking device to allow guests and followers to trace her journey.

自开业以来，度假村已完成 751 次无人机飞行，协助开展塑料聚集、幽灵网位置和野生动物持续监测等关键研究。在一项史无前例的图像收集和数据处理项目中，无人机计划收集了大量数据，供合作使用，以提供信息、教育和推动长期积极变化。2023 年，共观察到 21 多种海洋物种，包括华丽鹰鳐、黑鳍礁鲨和瓜头鲸。

让·米歇尔·库斯托环境大使计划

Home to the Maldives’ first Jean-Michel Cousteau Ambassadors of the Environment programme, The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands continues to collaborate with the world-renowned oceanographic explorer and environmentalist to provide guest experiences with preservation of the planet at its core. In 2023 the program planted 40 coral frames as part of its coral regeneration initiative, using coral frags from the Pocillapora (Cauliflower corals) and the Acropora (Table coral). 25 of these abundant nursery frames, and successful new habitats for ocean life, can be seen by guests in the shallow waters of the resort’s welcome jetty on arrival.

2024 年 4 月 8 日至 18 日，度假村将迎来让·米歇尔·库斯托。此次启发性的教育驻留将包括独家宾客体验以及与这位传奇探险家的问答环节。

社区足迹

As part of its Community Footprints’ programming, and with focus on environmental awareness for the planet’s future generations, the resort’s relationships with local schools enable visits with its naturalist teams to share research and educate. In 2023 five educational excursions to local islands took place including schools in Dhiffushi and Gaafaru. The visits took a deep dive in to ocean conservation, from the environmental impact of ocean plastics, insights from the resort community’s drone research and shared observations of wildlife in the surrounding atoll. Presentations of ground-breaking research from the resort’s ‘Visiting Heroes’ programme included the work of renowned shark scientist Gibbs Kuguru and his conservation work tagging Blacktip Reef Sharks.

更近一点，度假村很自豪地参与了十个全球环保日。教育和启发性活动旨在提高人们对关键日历日的认识，包括世界鲨鱼日、世界海豚日、海洋清洁日和地球日。作为社区足迹计划的延续，11 次海滩清洁活动邀请客人支持度假村海岸和当地岛屿 Dhiffushi 和 Gaafaru 的海洋垃圾收集工作。

创造可持续的未来环境

度假村在日常运营中不断加大对可持续实践的承诺，包括通过太阳能基础设施增加可再生能源的生产、在专用工厂净化纯净水和气泡饮用水、处理灰水用于景观美化，以及针对日常食物垃圾实施强有力的堆肥计划。
With a considered approach to luxury living, guests can expect to use reusable glass water bottles, bamboo-based personal consumables, refillable jars of amenities, and bamboo and stainless-steel straws. Organic Bamford amenities, with shared sensibilities of living consciously and in harmony with nature, are replenished on-site, while the resort’s desalination plant reduces the amount of plastic imported into the country.

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