article_snippet.sent: Actor is launching a project that will transform a small island off the coast of Belize into an eco-resort and conservation area.
article_snippet.sent: Environmental mission:
article_snippet.sent: It will change the world': a luxury eco-resort will have villas on a platform over the water, as well as artificial reefs with 'fish shelters' and other features that hope to rehabilitate the ailing area.
article_snippet.sent: Ambitious: Renderings of the project show an arc-shaped platform with villas and artificial reefs and fish shelters underneath .
article_snippet.sent: The ambitious project, which they will be calling 'Blackadore Caye, a Restorative Island,' will be much like many other luxury resorts and include sprawling villas, infinity pools and beautiful views.
article_snippet.sent: But not only will an entire island revitalize an entire island visitors, but also help restore the land itself, as an entire island has endured deterioration from over-fishing, deforestation and an eroding coastline.
article_snippet.sent: Renderings of the project show an arc-shaped platform with villas over the water with artificial reefs and fish shelters underneath.
article_snippet.sent: The daily also reports that other features will include a nursery that will grow indigenous marine grass to support a manatee conservation area and mangrove trees replanted to replace invasive species. '
article_snippet.sent: I couldn’t have gone to Belize and built on an island and done something like this, if this weren’t for the idea that this could be groundbreaking in the environmental movement.'
article_snippet.sent: The project will also be monitored by a talented team of scientists, designers and engineers who along with landscape architects will closely monitor the resort's impact on an islandenvironment.
article_snippet.sent: The two plan to work with scientists and a NYC design firm to develop a resort that will 'rehabilitate' the area, which is suffering .
article_snippet.sent: Tropical: DiCaprio hopes an island, when completed, will not only revitalize the Blackadore Caye visitors, but also help restore the land itself, as the Blackadore Caye has endured deterioration from over-fishing, deforestation and an eroding coastline.
highlights_snippet.sent: a luxury eco-resort there will have villas over the water, artificial reefs with 'fish shelters' and a nursery growing marine grass .
  