Ritz-Carlton Maldives and Jean-Michel Cousteau Partner to Expand Environmental Programming

Junior visitors will re-join Jean-Michel Cousteau's marine biologists in the field to explore the microcosm of marine life. In order to understand more about these amazing little animals up up and personal, special nets are used to gather plankton at the water's edge.

On Cousteau's most recent visit, the explorer had the opportunity to present findings from three recently found dive sites to resort visitors and locals. Seeing a cast-off fishing net and helping to remove it were some of the activities, while finding a nurse shark community's gestation location was another. Cousteau and the resort staff also spent time with kids and students at the Dhiffushi School on a neighbouring island, in addition to giving a series of motivational presentations, Q&As, and hosted dives for The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands guests. Cousteau wants to inspire the region's future generations to promote the preservation of our natural world through sharing his life narrative, most recent work, and research.

Coments from Cousteau. It was a dream come true to introduce the Ambassadors of the Environment programme to The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands. The fact that visitors of all ages can take part in cutting-edge programmes selected by our naturalists makes me feel honoured and pleased. Our mission is to uplift and encourage people to see the value of preserving the natural environment that makes our world habitable for humans and all other animals. We always preach the same thing: "Protect our natural resources."

He goes on. This programme is one of the most exciting and significant ones we have ever developed because of the robustness and diversity of the coral reefs and the sustainable infrastructure of The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands.

The resort's Ambassadors of the Environment programme, which is dedicated to environmental education and is intended for both adults and children, launched in 2021 and has since attracted a progressive research community. Its partnerships are leading novel environmental projects ranging from the protection of endangered species like sea turtles to the monitoring of ocean trash with cutting-edge conservation technologies. The knowledge-sharing portion of the programme tries to persuade viewers and communities to live more sustainably, with the idea that the future of the earth depends mostly on its most vulnerable citizens.