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In the effort to protect our oceans and lands from human impact on the planet’s surface, the Ocean Paradise Institute supports research, conservation, and education projects worldwide, focusing primarily on spreading awareness and providing solutions to save charismatic threatened wildlife and their habitats that suffer from environmental issues, especially in the beautiful human habitats of the Maldives and Seychelles.
We are here to invite you to accompany us on this journey of building a community of people as excited and dedicated to saving our Earth’s treasures and preserving its resources!
Ocean Paradise Incorporates the vision of a sustainable future. We want to support charity organizations around the Indian Ocean to fulfill one goal, which is to find a way for humanity, animals, wildlife, the economy, and the environment to be balanced and to work together. With a harmonious balance between economic aspects and the protection of wildlife, the beauty and the uniqueness of the islands will be preserved in cooperation with big companies and corporations, with their support and active engagement.
As a passionate diver, Marc Schippke is dedicated to connecting with visionaries around the world to make a sustainable future not only possible but the reality, because without that there will be no future for humankind!
The Ocean Paradise Institute team is dedicated to protecting life in our oceans and on land; supporting passionate and innovative researchers, conservationists, and educators around the globe by spreading awareness about the striking environmental issues, such as global warming, pollution, and plastic; and to implementing powerful solutions to tackle these issues.
We are dedicated to learning and sharing that knowledge by spreading awareness about environmental problems and telling important scientific and environmental stories to save our planet for future generations of human beings to thrive and prosper.
We at Ocean Paradise want to actively work with authorities, maritime wildlife experts, and scientists all over the world to preserve and protect the habitats of uniquely beautiful places such as the Maldives and Seychelles. When we first came to the Maldives six years ago, we immediately fell in love with the pristine beauty of the country, and also with the wildlife on the Seychelles Islands. We are extremely cautious about protecting such unique places from the effects of climate change, overfishing, pollution, plastics in the ocean, ghost nets, and many other striking ills that are literally killing the wildlife, which for the most part have been caused by human endeavors and actions that leave these beautiful places suffering.
An ever-present threat to the Maldives, climate change can cause 1,200 island atolls in the Indian Ocean to become uninhabitable by the mid-21st century as floods that damage infrastructure and contaminate freshwater become more frequent. Maldivians are adapting to and mitigating these climate stresses through local, national, and global interventions, including working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to designate certain areas as biosphere reserves. Apart from that, recent estimates indicate that the nation's water supply may be exhausted in the near future, and population increases have created a sanitation problem that threatens the waters surrounding this island nation. In this regard, we are dedicated to tackle the following issues:
The first settlers were not aware of the importance of maintaining the islands’ natural environment, nor were they particularly interested in it at the time. As soon as an island was no longer useful, they simply would find a different island. Meanwhile, the native animals were killed and large sections of forest were cut down. Two different sites in the Seychelles have been entered into the UNESCO World Heritage,: the Vallée de Mai on Praslin and the Aldabra Atoll, while the country's own protection efforts cover 20 distinct areas that require special care. We are ready to support initiatives related to the following problems:
“Climate change and its adverse effects are the most talked about issues when it comes to environmental challenges in the Maldives. And while this is a serious issue, understandably, people are more concerned about the current reality rather than what could happen in the future. It is one of the disadvantages anywhere in the world when it comes to the environment – focusing on current issues and putting climate change to the side, and waiting until something really bad happens. This could be due to a lack of awareness about the right to a clean and healthy environment being a human right.
We at the Ocean Paradise Institute are here to spread awareness about how important it is to be environmentally conscious, how literally humane it is to set the environmental protection goal to be worked on rather than just manifested for the sake of showing off to look appealing. We care. We love our planet and want people to take action. Together we can reach paradise!“
Our Mission is to evoke empathy for the environmental problems we face through deep emotional experiences and personal stories, using the power of human interaction and collaboration to inspire and educate about the science of ecosystems, and to create a global community that acts for marine conservation.
Our Vision is to work for a world where all natural ecosystems are valued and protected, where people are working together to make this world a more environment-friendly place to live for all living creatures around the globe.
Our Goal is to protect the ecosystems of the Maldives and Seychelles by initiating projects and joining forces with like-minded people and the local communities for solutions that tackle water pollution, air pollution, save dolphins from extinction, and address plastic overload by 2030.
We focus on tackling the local environmental problems by actively interacting with local authorities and communities of like-minded people to save the Maldives from human impact on its natural habitat and to sustain the natural treasures by spreading awareness about the problems to protect the living both on land and in the ocean. ...read more
The impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are increasingly evident on the Seychelles. Every year, more of the coastline is lost to erosion and the rising sea level; farmers suffer from droughts, floods, and saltwater intrusion, which leads to reduced crop yields and livelihood challenges; and the mountain landscape bears evidence of degradation due to anthropogenic and natural forest fires intensified by long droughts.
We are here to promote action and contribute to addressing these issues by engaging communities of people, scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators to find better innovative ways to deal with the problems and implement better solutions.
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Put simply, the Ocean Paradise Institute is more than an entity – it’s a community of people driven by the same goals to save the Earth’s treasure habitats from further degradation and to promote the paradise experience for future generations to enjoy.
“Climate change and global warming affect all of us. Things such as clean water, food, air, and shelter are basic needs. In order to have the life that development promises us, we need first to have access to those basic needs. Development that comes at the expense of the environment will eventually lead us to a place where our basic needs are not met. This is already happening in some parts of the world where environmental issues are not covered, projects are not supported. This is why sustainable development is important, so that development plans take into account everything, including the environment and human rights. And creating awareness around all of these issues is the first step in this process.”
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