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Blue Tourism in the Bahamas

2009-04-25 00:03:27 by:
Paradise Island in the Bahamas recently launched a blue tourism initiative aimed at educating people about marine habitats, the necessity of conservation programs and the utility of fragile coral reefs, which are in rough shape due to human interference throughout the hundreds of Bahamian islands.

The Blue Project is administered by the Kerzner Marine Foundation in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, Bahamas National Trust and Bahamas Reef Education Environmental Foundation. The project is based at The Reef, part of the massive Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

Elgin Hepburn, marine manager at Atlantis, says that the Bahamas is only now discovering how much damage has been done to reefs and is struggling to figure out how to balance industry and investment with the preservation of dwindling natural resources.

Read more at Leader-Post.