Atlantis Dubai selects 9 local, international conservation projects for funding

Atlantis Dubai selects 9 local, international conservation projects for funding

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Atlantis Dubai has chosen nine local and international conservation and sustainability projects set to receive funding from the Atlantis Atlas Project $1 initiative.

From June 2022 to May 2023, for every marine animal experience participated in by a guest, Atlantis Dubai contributed $1, resulting in a $140,000 fund, which aims to support projects that help protect the ocean and environment.

In the initiative’s first year Atlantis contributed $120,000 of funding,. Since launching in June 2021, the $1 contribution initiative has raised over a quarter of a million dollars.

Invitations sent to conservation and research groups

Since April, organisations around the world were invited to apply for funding, after which proposals were solicited and assessed against their contributions to scientific advancement, conservation, and sustainability by the internal Atlantis Conservation & Science Committee.

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.

This year, the $1 contribution fund will continue to support five organisations from the previous year (with UAE University securing support for two projects), as well as welcoming three new organisations to the programme.

Tim Kelly,