Conserve the oceans surrounding the resort and beyond by supporting sustainable fisheries, protecting critical habitats and the species that live in them, preventing plastic pollution by reducing waste in operations, and educating people of all ages.

Our aim at Six Senses Laamu is to preserve and protect our island and surrounding oceans. Through scientific research, education programs, community outreach, cross-sector collaboration, and innovative solutions, we are committed to working with a thorough understanding of the natural world so that we may raise awareness in others and inspire them to protect it as well.

The long-term goal is to establish Laamu Atoll and the entire Maldives as a Biosphere Reserve, or Marine Protected Area. Organizations such as UNDP, IUCN, EPA, and MRC have visited the resort to survey and gather data on our topography and biodiversity, in order to recommend protection measures to the government. Six Senses Laamu actively oversees its island and house reef; however, managing the marine environment outside of the resorts immediate jurisdiction is challenging, which is where the mechanisms of enforcement and governance come into play.

By creating and distributing a strict no-take seafood list, Six Senses Laamu has prevented atoll reef fishermen from catching ecologically valuable and vulnerable species whose populations may be under threat. Six Senses Laamu supports Blue Marine Foundations Maldives Grouper Fishery Project, whose goal is to improve the sustainability of the grouper fishery. BLUE will achieve this by proposing new minimum and maximum limits to the government which will prevent the catch and export of undersized groupers who have not yet had a chance to reproduce. Spawning aggregation sites, which are specific areas of the ocean, where groupers reproduce, will also be designated as marine protected areas to ensure the long-term survival of the wild grouper stock.

Six Senses Laamu's team of six marine biologists also conduct numerous, diverse research projects focused on other marine species, including manta rays, turtles, sharks, dolphins, fish, coral, and barnacles. Monitoring local populations of marine species enables the team to determine appropriate conservation management measures and advise authorities accordingly. Locally collected data contributes to larger national biodiversity databases and research efforts whose overriding goals are to protect critical habitats such as turtle nesting sites and seagrass beds. Six Senses Laamu is addressing the global issue of marine pollution by committing to eliminate single-use plastics from resort operations by 2022, and expanding the initiative to strive to be the first plastic-free Atoll in Maldives.

The greater objective for all of the marine conservation work that Six Senses Laamu engages in is to educate and inspire others to want to protect the seas as well. The objective is to implement a replicable education program, which has been developed and is being delivered to three local island schools. The curriculum is eight modules long and covers topics including atoll formation, marine ecosystems, coral reefs, climate change, marine protected areas, waste management, and more. The program will also be condensed and delivered to further away islands, in order to build better relationships between the resort and the atoll. By the end of 2017, the team will visit every island in Laamu Atoll, targeting three key audiences: school students, the island council, and the greater community.