November backblog

November ended up ticking over quite nicely on the guest front. It also heralded an important decision for the Austral Islands, there has been an official commitment to create a Marine Protected Area across the Austral Islands, an initiative put forward by the Pew Charitable Trust, who are looking to preserve the world's oceans and more specifically save the world's fisheries......http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/global-ocean-legacy-french-polynesia
 Here in Rurutu we await to see how this project will help us, but I feel it can only be beneficial in creating an awareness of the fragility of our ecosystem and educating us all on the need to protect and preserve our environment for the future.