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| Thanda Island, Tanzania |
Oceans and seas cover 70 percent of our planet, and we rely on them for food, energy and water. It is vitally important to protect them by eliminating pollution and overfishing and to responsibly manage and to protect all marine life around the world.
Many of Leading Hotels of the World member properties are at the forefront of the Life Below Water conservation initiative, including :
The Kahala Resort, Hawaii
A team of dedicated volunteers and staff regularly remove invasive limu algae from the nearshore waters. This outcompetes native limu algae species altering the balance of the nearshore ecosystem. The hotel regularly hosts volunteer workdays where guests can help photograph and ID corals of opportunity, fragment them for out planting and assist with monitoring efforts.
Marbella Club, Spain
The Marbella Club helps local scientists monitor the effects of climate change on Spain’s two dwindling native seahorse populations. To help protect Andalucía as a destination, Marbella Club aims to better understand the unique behavioral ecology of Spain’s native seahorses. It also promotes the active restoration of their carbon sequestering and shallow seagrass meadow habitats and projects to help reinforce native seahorse populations.
Thanda Island, Tanzania
Home to five species of endangered and critically endangered sea turtles, Thanda Island has created an environment to preserve and populate each species. The property partners with the Tanzanian Marina Parks and Reserves on a range of marine conservation and educational programs including the Ropes of Hope restoration of the coral reef project.
Tortuga Bay, Dominican Republic
The property has introduced a coral restoration program in partnership with Grupo Puntacana. Fragments of coral are grown in underwater nurseries which provide a safe environment for the coral to flourish and then they are replanted back in the reef. Shungimbili Island coral reef.
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| Hotel Las Islas, Columbia |
Hotel Las Islas is surrounded by the Parque Nacional Natural Corals del Rosario y de San Bernardo, a largely underwater national park with 170 species of fish and the most vibrant coral reef in Columbia. With the help of the Malpelo Foundation and Conservation International, the hotel has taken on a coral conservation project which seeks to provide the necessary conditions for the coral to reproduce and thus form new reefs.
Nayara Resorts, Chile and Panama
Nayara Resorts coral restoration programme will help restore and revitalize their bay, and hopefully soon, the entire archipelago. In partnership with Caribbean Coral Restoration, the property has installed ten environmentally friendly fish habitats (artificial reef structures.) These structures are then seeded with genetically resilient coral for even faster growth and recovery. And while it’s still early, they have already seen a tremendous amount of marine life return to the bay.
Halekulani Okinawa, Japan
The Coral Nurturing program is a sustainable initiative dedicated to marine environment conservation and has been developed as part of a pledge by Onna Village and Halekulani to become a “Village of Coral.” Guests can participate in a programme that teaches them the significance and fragility of coral reefs, followed by the opportunity to participate in the seedling cultivation offshore. The property also supports the Honey Coral Project where honeybees are used to protect coral reefs from red soil erosion, one of Okinawa’s biggest environmental problems.
The Datai, Malaysia
The property works with the ‘Fish For The Future’ programme and has focused their efforts on the conservation of coral reefs and marine life. The first initiative was the insertion of five Artificial Reefs in Datai Bay; steel devices that provide a safe haven for fish to feed and populate as well as a settlement site for coral larvae and rehabilitated corals from their Coral Nursery.
Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, Monaco
In partnership with "Mr. Goodfish," the property works to conserve marine resources by making seasonal recommendations for marine species that aren't threatened by overfishing. The property also is hosting an ongoing event this year called The Sea is Green, where leaders in the sea conservation space will meet to discuss and share ways to protect sea life.
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| Le Sereno, St. Barthelemy |
Located on the marine reserve of Grand Cul-de-Sac, a protected area for sea turtles and other marine life, Le Sereno is protected by a coral reef barrier, and in return, serves to protect the coral reefs. The property collaborates with the coral restoration and marine reserve of St Barth's to aid the coral and sea turtles in the area. www.globalgoals.org/goals/14- life-below-water/ and www.undp.org/ocean
*Source: Alicia Swanson-Zajac at alicia@masonrose.com
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