Your 10 most frequently asked questions

The project at Les Salines
Our environment
1. What is an ESA ?

2. How important are wetlands for our lands and country ?
- To control and regulate floods by trapping heavy rainfall and slowing the speed of rising water levels, for instance ;
- To decontaminate and purify water by absorbing all the dissolved chemical nutrients and, in the process, improving the quality of water ;
- To trap sediments, greatly relieving coastal waters of large sediment loads ;
- To harbor and host the aquatic biodiversity of our territory, such as migratory birds and native plants, who seek refuge in these wetlands.

3. Which endemic and native species (fauna and flora) inhabit these areas ?

In his study, environmental consultant Pierre Baissac identified the following endemic and native species :
Flora :
Fauna :

The project at Les Salines
4. How relevant is the strategy developed by New Mauritius Hotels?

5. How were the external experts who are supporting this project selected?
6. Who are the relevant authorities approving this project ?
7. How does a golf course help with the development of a wetland ?

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8. Who is responsible for monitoring the area and the project’s progress ?
9. Will access to the area be restricted to the public?
The wetland, which is officially demarcated, will be protected by its buffer zone of a 30-meter radius. Should the wetland become accessible to all through the golf course and a walking trail, the following activities will be strictly prohibited :
– Waste disposal
– Discharge of wastewater’
– Drainage, siltation and backfilling of wetlands;
– Land rehabilitation;
– Habitat fragmentation;
– Disturbance and destruction of its fauna and flora, as well as its native terrestrial biodiversity;
– The construction of revetments, sealing structures or any other intervention that could compromise, in any way, the normal functioning of the wetland.
