9 sustainability projects win funding from Atlantis, The Palm initiative

9 sustainability projects win funding from Atlantis, The Palm initiative

UAE - Atlantis, The Palm has announced a selection of nine local conservation and sustainability projects set to receive funding from the $1 contribution initiative the resort launched in June 2021.

Over the past 12 months, for every marine animal experience participated in by a guest, Atlantis, The Palm has collected $1, which has resulted in a $120,000 investment fund for the project, which aims to support UAE-based conservation and sustainability projects to help protect the ocean and our environment, Atlantis, The Palm said.

Over the past two months, UAE-based organisations were invited to apply for funding, after which proposals were solicited and assessed against their contributions to scientific advancement, conservation and sustainability. Atlantis Atlas Project currently focuses on four key groups of wildlife; sharks, rays, dolphins, and corals, and two key threats to the ocean; unsustainable seafood and plastic pollution. With this in mind, projects were selected based on their support of these conservation goals.

The first project the funding will support is UAE’s leading social enterprise Goumbook on their ‘Save The Butts’ campaign. This initiative sees the collection of cigarette butts littering beaches and public areas and uses circular economy principles to recycle the waste to create valuable material from it.