MALDIVES, Ra Maakurathu Island - June 2006
Establish a waste management system in return for a total ban on using coral for any (building) purpose and extracting sand for any purpose, and a ban on harvesting turtle eggs for consumption for a duration of 10 years
Maakurathu is a small island with a population of 1,100 people. Seacology will provide funds to equip 190 households with a garbage bin with four sections for all the different types of waste – food, plastic, glass and metals – and to provide 10 large waste collection containers to be placed in each district. The project will also purchase two bicycles with a cart attached for the collectors of the garbage in each district. In return for this project the island of Maakurathu will make a total ban on collecting coral or using it for building purposes, a total ban on collecting sand from the beaches for making cement, and a ban on consuming turtle eggs, all 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 is 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
