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1.1 Baa Atoll
Baa Atoll, also known as South Maalhosmadulu Atoll is located in the west of the central part of the Maldives. The atoll is approximately 1,200 km2 in area and is approximately 63 km long (4°48’S to 5°22’N) and 38 km at its widest point (72°48’E to 73°11’E). The atoll including Goidhoo atoll, which lies 12 km south of the main island group, is comprised of seventy five islands covering a total land area of 5.5 km2 of which thirteen are inhabited with a combined population of approximately 11,000 people (Figure 1). Seven islands have been developed as resorts whilst three more are planned or under construction with the remaining 53 islands uninhabited. Eydhafushi is the administrative centre and capital island, and its neighbouring atolls include Raa to the north, Lhaviyani to the east and North Male’ in the south-east. Baa Atoll is approximately 100 kilometres to the north-west of Male’, the capital of the nation.

The Baa Atoll Conservation Programme (BACP) is the biodiversity conservation programme for the Biosphere Reserve. It encompasses all the islands, waters and resources (biological and non-biological) of Baa Atoll with an outer perimeter that extends 1 nautical mile from the outer reef zone of the atoll. The BACP has been developed through a comprehensive stakeholder consultative process and is being implemented in line with the Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This is “A strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way”. The long term goal of the BACP is to ensure the ecosystem and all resources of Baa Atoll remain healthy, productive and resilient into the
future.


Through an intensive stakeholder consultative process it was agreed to adopt and utilise the (UNESCO) protocols for a World Biosphere Reserve to develop the zonation strategy for the BACP.
 

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