{"id":6638,"date":"2023-11-13T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoconscience.com\/portfolio\/bora-bora\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T23:43:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T23:43:24","slug":"bora-bora","status":"publish","type":"cpt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.geoconscience.com\/en\/portfolio\/bora-bora\/","title":{"rendered":"Bora Bora, Polynesia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For island lovers, here&#8217;s Bora Bora, the first born. This photo from space hints at her fatal beauty.<br\/>Can international tourism be reconciled with the preservation of fragile ecosystems?<\/strong><br\/><br\/>A 9-hour ferry ride from Tahiti, the island named &#8220;Vavau&#8221; in Polynesian myths is at the heart of the Pacific Ocean, at the center of an equidistant triangle between Chile, Japan and New Zealand.<br\/>Discovered by early Polynesian explorers between 300 and 700 A.D., it was not placed on a European map until 1722 by Dutch navigator Jakob Roggeveen.<br\/><br\/>He named the island Bora Bora, distorting the Polynesian term &#8220;Popora&#8221;, meaning &#8220;the eldest&#8221;.<br\/><br\/>Today, this lagoon is a French Polynesian territory, with 38km2, 10,000 residents and 120,000 tourists a year. In the center of the island, the remains of an extinct volcano form two peaks, Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu, a spectacular 727m-high peak.<br\/>Bora-Bora enjoys a warm climate all year round, between 22\u00b0C and 30\u00b0C, and the water in the lagoon follows the same temperature range.<br\/><br\/>Since opening up to tourism in the 70s, the archipelago has experienced the highest tourist pressure in the Pacific, with 120,000 tourists a year.<br\/>An airport. Luxury hotels.<br\/><br\/>Overtourism and climate change are compounding the threats to drinking water and coral.<br\/>And yet, ecological voluntarism was born very early on in Bora Bora. <br\/>The commune has become a laboratory for avant-garde practices, under the leadership of its Mayor since 1989, Gaston Tong Sang. Turquoise <a href=\"https:\/\/buff.ly\/3XGxuWL\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/buff.ly\/3XGxuWL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turns to green<\/a><br\/><br\/>Although artificial coral blooms to the delight of tourists, the islet could have sunk under concrete and pollution. However, ships with more than 1,000 passengers are prohibited.<br\/><br\/>Drinking water is treated by two biological treatment plants using reed filters.<br\/><br\/>Awareness-raising campaigns and pricing by the cubic metre have prompted hoteliers and the general public to take dramatic action against waste. Every cm3 of water is recovered.<br\/>All visitors to the atoll are made aware of initiatives to save wildlife and restore coral.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/buff.ly\/3XLmWFV\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/buff.ly\/3XLmWFV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the documentary on Bora Bora in the portail des outremer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/buff.ly\/3XLmWFV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">.<\/a><br\/><br\/>A pioneer in transition, Bora Bora is aiming for the royal flush: zero carbon, zero waste, zero agricultural pollutants, zero exclusion, zero vulnerability.<br\/><br\/>Can international tourism be reconciled with the preservation of fragile ecosystems?<br\/>Time will tell.<br\/>For Bora Bora is a reflection of the entire Earth:<br\/>a frail archipelago under pressure and with limited resources.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For island lovers, here&#8217;s Bora Bora, the &#8220;first born&#8221;. This photo from space hints at her fatal beauty. A pioneer in transition, Bora Bora is aiming for the royal flush: zero carbon, zero waste, zero agricultural pollutants, zero exclusion, zero vulnerability. Can international tourism be reconciled with the preservation of fragile ecosystems? 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