Many eco-resorts have been hit particularly hard by the recent pandemic. Relying heavily on incoming tourists, often situated in remote areas with relatively limited connectivity and supply chains, many have been left out on a limb. One dive resort in West Papua has taken the pandemic as an opportunity to relook its overall approach to sustainability.
Passions in Cairns: Coral Reef Planters
Despite having to close temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, Cairns-based diving outfit Passions of Paradise couldn’t stop thinking about their local reef even though they had no customers. So they did what they do best: helped look after Mother Nature. They teamed up with some reef scientists and got stuck into work on a new coral reef nursery.