Boskalis committing “environmental crimes” in UNESCO biosphere reserve, says Ecocare
11 May 2014, 7:28 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
Netherlands based maritime infrastructure company Royal Boskalis Westminster is committing “serious environmental crimes” in the Maldives, a local environmental group has said.
The company – claimed to have the world’s largest dredging fleet – has come under fire for mining sand from the country’s only UNESCO biosphere reserve in Baa Atoll.
It also failed to build a barrier to prevent excess dredge soil from spilling onto the reef in Baa Atoll Eydhaushi Island – a move that could cause serious damage to the fragile ecosystem.
“Boskalis has to leave the Maldives now,” Ecocare founder Maeed M. Zahir told Minivan News.
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