Environment
Since its founding, Banyan Tree has sought to protect the natural environment. The importance of safeguarding the environment is central within our goal of sharing the original beauty of any location with guests and friends. This includes ensuring each resort fits into the local setting in a sensitive, meaningful manner.
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Marine
Banyan Tree Bintan Conservation Lab Surveys Surveys form an important part of our conservation efforts |
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Turtle Hatchlings in Vabbinfaru! On Dec 2008, one of the turtles tagged by our Marine Lab has returned! |
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Annual Laguna Phuket Turtle Release ceremony Banyan Tree Phuket involves Seedlings participants in Turtle Release ceremony |
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Blacktip Reef Shark Project In collaboration, Banyan Tree began a 2 year study of the Blacktip Reef Shark |
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Education Programs Want to share our knowledge of the “blue planet” with as many people as possible |
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Mass fish deaths Banyan Tree Maldives Marine Lab partnered with the Marine Research Centre |
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NAPWATCH NAPWATCH is initiated to protect the endangered Napoleon Wrasse fishes. |
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PADI's Project Aware Banyan Tree aims to create a better understanding of marine life amongst divers. |
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Turtle Conservation Protect endangered species of turtles and increment the possibility of survival. |
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Hosting school field trips Maldives Marine Lab has hosted groups of school children from local communities |
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Turtle and Beach monitoring Associates conduct regular surveys during turtle nesting season |
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Turtle and Beach monitoring Associates conduct regular surveys during turtle nesting season |
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Monthly reef and lagoon cleaning The Lab have organized associates to conduct monthly reef cleaning sessions. |
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Wetlands
World Wetlands Day Banyan Tree Seychelles celebrated World Wetland Day on 2 February 2007. |
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Coral
Reef Cleaning Dives
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Coral Spawning A research team witnessed the spawning of Acropora corals. |
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Ihuru Barnacle Project A volcano shaped artificial reef structure that started in November 1996. |
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Ihuru Necklace Like a necklace, to prevent beach erosion by creating an artificial reef. |
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Soft Corals Soft coral transplantation and cultivation is a new technique to the Marine Lab. |
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Vabbinfaru Lotus Project In November 2001, the Vabbinfaru Lotus was successfully launched. |
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Coral transplantation Coral transplantation has a long and successful history on Vabbinfaru and Ihuru. |
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Soft coral transplantation Soft corals are among components of a reef communitites. |
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Recycling
Kampung Bahru Recycling Our resorts provide their recyclables at a very minimal sum. |
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Recycled Biodiesel Banyan Tree Seychelles purchased a machine that recycles used frying oil. |
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Banyan Tree Ungasan Road Clean Up More than 30 associates from JG1 to Excom showed up in the event. |
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Sian Ka'an Beach cleaning 2009 Celebration of the 24th International Beach cleaning day. |
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Reusing and recycling Accomplished to segregate and send to different recycling processes |
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Greening
Sharing organic chewing gum with guests Banyan Tree Mayakoba therefore has chosen to give this chewing gum as a special gift |
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Starting off 2010 with Tree Planting in Banyan Tree Bintan Laguna Bintan started the new year with a bang |
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Greening Communities program in Chiang mai, Doi Inthanon National Park The team from Banyan Tree Bangkok planted a total of 250 trees. |
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Greening Communities 2009 The only hotel to plant trees in the city of Luang Prabang |
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Tree Planting Activities 23 December 2009 saw Banyan Tree Bintan’s last tree planting activity. |
