UNESCO Welcomes The Southernmost Atolls In Maldives To Its Biosphere Reserves List

The Maldivians are full of gratitude for the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the addition of its Southernmost Atolls; Addu City and Fuvahmulah City, to their list of biosphere reserves. The world network of biosphere reserves is home to a number of dynamic and interactive network of sites of excellence. Accordingly, UNESCO works to produce the groundwork on the combination of natural and social sciences for the sustainable use and conservation of the resources at these sites in order to achieve improvement of the overall relationship established between humans and the environment.

You can see a varied number of really unique eco-rich sites at both the newly declared biosphere reserves ranging from marshlands, swamps, wetlands, fresh water lakes, woodlands along with rich natural marine life. Some of the eco-rich sites had already been granted protected status by the government prior to this declaration. The Maldivian government widely promoted eco-tourism in both the islands with development of nature parks for both locals and tourists such as boardwalks, canoeing points, walk trails and snorkeling points.

The addition of Addu City and Fuvahmulah City as boispher reserves was nominated by the President, Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in September of 2019. He turned to social media to congratulate the people of both the cities in being designated the same. With the addition of Addu City and Fuvahmulah City, Maldives now has a total number of three biosphere reserves, Baa Atoll being the one designated earlier in 2011.