AWARENESS
Another big reason why I wanted to do this expedition was to use it to raise awareness of the Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park in Myanmar. The park was started in 2012 by Arne Fjørtoft and the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar as a pilot project for large scale mangrove restoration worldwide based on three years research by WIF (Worldview International Foundation) in co-operation with Pathein University and Myeik University. Thor Heyerdahl was a founding member of WIF and the park was so named in his honour. Starboard (and mainly Svein Rasmussen, its owner) work very hard to make this world a better place by using eco-friendly materials, recycling materials and by offsetting the carbon footprint their business creates. They do this by planting mangroves in the Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park in Myanmar and these mangroves ‘carbon capture’ by absorbing CO2 in the air.