Have A Look Into Six Senses Laamu’s Sustainable July!

Saturday 13th of August 2022

Six Senses Laamu is going bluer and greener than ever with their many initiatives focused on creating a sustainable environment with marine life conservation at its heart.

PADI Women’s Dive Day

This year’s PADI Women’s Dive Day, commemorated annually on the 16 of July, brought together a great audience of women taking on the underwater world. The 14 hosts from various departments of the resort was accompanied by18 girls and women from the local islands of Laamu Atoll. The divers set anchor at the Tingadu Faru and enjoyed a peaceful morning dive among the flora and fauna that thrives in the depths of vibrant coral reefs.

In the afternoon, the invited guests of Laamu atoll ventured on a sustainability tour with Adam, Six Senses very own Sustainability and Community Outreach Manager. In this guided tour, they were informed about the conservation initiatives and sustainability measures conducted at the resort.

The joyous day was concluded with an exciting scuba dive carried with the help of Deep Blue Divers and the Maldives Underwater Initiative (MUI). This experience proved to be very thrilling for all participants, resulting in a very successful PADI Women’s Dive Day!

Seagrass Surveys

The month of July also saw the initiation of the annual seagrass surveys conducted by the MUI. This year, Six Senses Laamu celebrates five years of protecting seagrass populations around the island of Olhuveli and is enthusiastic to discover what ecosystems have benefitted from their habitat conservation project. Since 2019, MUI has started to monitor seagrass meadows within the Six Senses Laamu Lagoon and aims to carry out heavy research into the seagrass and its habitant animals as well.

Along with local interns, this year marked an extensive data collection effort with three different types of surveys conducted to study the seagrass populations. A total of 23 hours were spend in surveying with more than 400 quadrat data points collected.

The Manta Trust Fund

In July, the Manta Trust Laamu team wrapped up their annual research report covering every little detail about Mantas in Laamu that you need to know. This includes their demographics, migration, pregnancy and many more. The team was also elated to cross paths with Puck the manta again after an absence of 9 years.

The Trust members also had work cut out for them with the installment of anti-tanglement mooring lines. These mooring lines aids Mantas to spot and avoid such lines preventing injuries.

Laamaseelu Masveriyaa

This project strives to support the livelihood of fishermen in the Maldives by obtaining sustainably caught local seafood for the resort. This year saw key changes brought to the program operation with a heavy focus given on consistent data collection. Additionally,Six Senses Laamu welcomed Jude Brown to the resort this month for her first ever field visit.

Olive Ridley Project

July marks the hatching season of turtles in the resort and the staff at Six Senses Laamu was more than prepared. With 20 new nest watch volunteers trained and 35 hours of nest watching, the team improves the chances of turtles reaching adulthood by ensuring they make the journey from the nest to the sea in a safe and sound manner.

Earth Lab

During the first half of 2022, the team at Earth Lab stepped up their compost production and organic garden production paving way for more sustainability. They even increased organic egg production by 44%, a significant improvement when compared to last year’s statistics.

Another area that saw great developments was the educational sessions for guests which piqued more interest ever since the launching of Earth Lab Discovery experiences.