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Marriott Ocean and Golf Resort Fights For
Environmental Conservation in Costa Rica
For more than a year, the Herradura School
of Puntarenas, in conjunction with Los
Sueños Marriott Ocean and Golf Resort in
Costa Rica have implemented a clean-up and
prevention campaign in the beach, with the
prime goal of obtaining the Ecological Blue
Flag Award- an award given to a beach with
optimal ecological efforts and standards.
Laura Miranda, Los Sueños Marriott's
Marketing Manager, said that the hotel
contributes with sustainability
environmental policies that are requested by
the Sustainable Tourism Certificate (CST)
program of the Costa Rican tourism institute
- the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo ICT)
that we are aiming to obtain.
"For this reason, among other dispositions,
we use organic compost and fertilizers; we
don't hold any wild animals in captivity;
for the in house collateral we use
ecological paper (made from lemon, coffee or
banana), we have a strict energy
conservation plan, all the cleaning products
and biodegradable and we also have a program
that detects gas leaks. " Miranda said.
Another of the initiatives implemented by
the Costa Rica Hotel Resort is a program
that recycles 80% of their waste (paper,
glass, plastic, aluminum, batteries and
fluorescents) and the incomes generated by
this recycling are used for the Ecological
Blue Flag program. In the same way, the
majority of the vegetation in the gardens is
native to the area, that's why guests are
informed about which protected areas they
can visit and their conservation policies.
Miranda explained that the hotel established
policies on water flow regulation,
biodiversity protection, fixation of gases
that produce the greenhouse effect, and
maintenance of the scenic beauty.
"The Hotel has a committee called the Green
Team, which takes care of all of these
environmental topics and follows up on them
making sure everything is done and is
communicated to all the hotels associates so
they are all part of the awareness." Miranda
added.
The hotel's mayor interest is protecting the
underground hydro resource to supply the
area with drinking water. The closest
identified basin to the hotel covers 2,850
hectares, of which 2,410 hectares should be
protected forest area, and currently, only
1,330 hectares are designated as such.
According to Miranda, Los Sueños Marriott
has its own protected area recognized by the
Environmental Services Certificate (CSA) and
what is intended during the next five years
is to watch over the conservation of the
remaining 50 hectares.
These hectares are located in located in the
infiltration area in the highest parts of
the basin and supply the Jacó aquifer and
the wells situated on Hotel property.
"At this time there are nearly 450 Scarlet
Macaws in this area and with the project we
expect to increase their population, the
goal of Los Sueños Marriott is to create a
transitional center for these trees where
they will be given adequate attention prior
to planting them in the Central Pacific
Area, where the Hotel is located" Miranda
added.
Currently, there have been 50 Tonka Bean
trees planted in the green areas of Los
Sueños Marriott and in the adjacent areas of
the golf course.
The Hotel is developing a study to determine
the feasibility of developing a nursery
where the species of trees, used by the
macaw for food, can be reproduced. |
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