MALDIVES, Innamadhoo Island - June 2006
Establish a waste management system in return for a total ban on using coral or extracting sand for any building purpose; and a total ban on killing turtles or harvesting turtle eggs, harvesting sea cucumbers, shark fishing or shark finning for a duration of 10 years
Innamaadhoo is a small island with a population of 724 people. There are two dumping sites where all types of waste are being dumped indiscriminately. Seacology will provide funds to equip 125 households with a garbage bin with four sections for all the different types of waste – food, plastic, glass and metals – and to provide seven large waste collection containers to be placed in each district. The project will also purchase three bicycles with a cart attached for the collectors of the garbage. In return, Innamaadhoo islanders will make a total ban on collecting coral or using it for building purposes, as well as a total ban on collecting sand from the beaches for making cement. They will also have a total ban for consuming turtle eggs, killing turtles, shark fishing and collecting sea cucumbers. These bans will be in effect for a minimum duration of 10 years. *
UPDATE January 2007 - Members of the Seacology expedition to the Maldives met with the Atoll Chief and project leader in October 2006. Construction was scheduled to begin in late 2006 or early 2007.
*Support for asterisked projects is provided fully or in part by the
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Skin Enterprises Force for Good Foundation
