Question 1

Environmental and Community Projects – Marine Discovery Centre (MDC)

Accepted Answer

Interactive research and education centre introducing guests and local school children to conserving the local and global marine ecosystem. Features audio-visual presentations on conservation areas including turtles, coral reefs, sharks and dolphins. Shows daily 3D movie presentations on the underwater world.

Question 2

The Maldivian Sea Turtle Conservation Programme

Accepted Answer

A series of projects across Four Seasons Resorts Maldives. Works to protect, monitor, relocate, release, and rehabilitate Maldivian sea turtles. Kuda Huraa's MDC has two turtle ponds, where green turtle hatchlings from protected nests are reared for up to 18 months to improve their chance of survival in the wild.

Question 3

www.marinesavers.com

Accepted Answer

Features the history, progress and plans of all of Four Seasons Resorts Maldives marine conservation projects. Interactive components enable guests to keep track of the Resorts' satellite-tagged turtles, follow the progress of coral frames they have sponsored and transplanted, and keep up to date with news of island events from the discovery of turtle nests to outreach projects with local schools.

Question 4

Reefscapers (Coral Regeneration)

Accepted Answer

Kuda Huraa has been working with environmental consultancy Seamarc Pvt. Ltd. to improve coral cover around the Resort since 2001. Known as 'Reefscapers', the regeneration initiative runs concurrently at Kuda Huraa and Landaa Giraavaru. Involves attaching coral fragments onto specially designed coral frames to boost existing reef habitats and generate new ones. Frames are produced on Fulhadoo – a nearby island of 250 inhabitants – where the only previous source of employment was fishing.

Question 5

Water-bottling Plant

Accepted Answer

Kuda Huraa's water bottling plant produces still and sparkling water for its restaurants and guestrooms, saving around 30,400 plastic bottles per month.

Question 6

Bodu Huraa Community Initiatives

Accepted Answer

Kuda Huraa has initiated and supports several projects on the neighbouring island of Bodu Huraa. These include: a recycling centre; the provision of a desalination plant and sewage system; support of the community health centre; purchasing contracts with fishermen and farmers; and the financing and leasing back of private boats and private homes from local owners for staff use. Kuda Huraa also has strong relationships with local painters and woodworkers from Bodu Huraa who visit the Resort weekly to display their art and crafts for guests to buy.

Question 7

Mosquito Control

Accepted Answer

Kuda Huraa has been working with Trudy Rilling-Collins, a.k.a. 'The Mosquito Lady', since 2011 to provide environmentally responsible solutions to unwanted monsoon-loving guests. Thanks to Trudy's highly targeted techniques, Four Seasons has been able to completely eliminate the use of fogging across both of its Maldivian resorts, and is now funding the extension of the project to Bodu Huraa (Kuda Huraa's adjacent community island), and across 13 island communities in the Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere.

Question 8

Functions and Events – Weddings

Accepted Answer

Four Seasons Resorts Maldives offer bridal and honeymoon couples the opportunity to design the ultimate Maldivian adventure, with three wedding and honeymoon options seamlessly intertwined. Exchange vows at Kuda Huraa: beneath a towering palm tree, under the shade of a thatched pavilion, beside the infinity-edged pool or on a yacht on the ocean. Option to 'swop' paradises via a 30-minute point-to-point seaplane transfer for a honeymoon on Four Seasons sister island of Landaa Giraavaru, or sail on Four Seasons Explorer for a three-, four- or seven-night marine and cultural odyssey into the outer atolls. Wedding package includes ceremonial set-up, honeymoon dinner, spa treatments and yoga sessions.

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa