Guy Stevens - Founder

Guy has worked for the Four Seasons Resorts in the Maldives since 2003 as their Senior Marine Biologist, his team of six full-time marine biologists and numerous volunteer students conduct research, education and conservation initiatives on a wide variety of marine related projects (see the Four Seasons link below). At the heart of Guy's research is the Maldivian Manta Ray Project (MMRP) which has been undertaking ground breaking research on these spectacular marine giants for the last three years.

Already the project has discovered many new and exciting manta firsts, from their reproductive lifecycles, to social groupings, population estimates and feeding strategies. The project is also working hard with the Maldivian Government to achieve greater protection for all sharks and rays in the Maldives, specifically trying to implement marine protective status for key manta feeding and cleaning sites.

Our Contributors

Dr Robert Rubin

Robert Rubin received his Ph.D. in Comparative Physiology and Marine Ecology from the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Rubin presently is a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Santa Rosa Community College, where he teaches courses in Marine Biology and The Biology of Marine Mammals.

Dr. Rubin has conducted field and laboratory research on several species of marine mammals, including: hooded and harp seals in the Arctic, elephant seals in California, harbor seals in the Atlantic, Alaska and California, and sea otters in California and in Russia at the invitation of the Russian government and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Beginning in 1990, he has been conducting field research on the population and community ecology of manta rays. The study is focussed in the Revillagigedos Islands, and includes comparable work on the species at Yap, Cocos Islands and Hawaii.

Dr. Rubin has served as an educational program consultant to the US Department of Energy, The National Science Foundation and to the California of Education. He has been awarded several faculty and teaching awards, including but not limited to: Distinguished Teaching Award from University of California, Irvine , Alumni Professor of the Year from Santa Rosa Community College, Excellence in Education Recognition from the California State Senate and Special Congressional Recognition for Educational Excellence from the United States Congress.

A world reknown manta ray expert, Dr Rubin was instumental in helping us to establish the MMRP, he provideds a wealth of expertise and experince that we continue to learn and benefit from.

Save Our Seas Foundation

The Save Our Seas (SOS) Foundation is a non-profit Swiss foundation with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Its purpose is to implement and support diverse programmes aimed at education, protection and conservation of the marine environment around the world. Its foundation board discusses the allocation of funds, sponsorship and policy. The Founder has provided the foundation with sufficient means to cover its administrative costs and to insure that all future donations and sponsorships go directly to help worthy marine projects.

Awareness, protection, preservation and conservation of the global marine environment are the heart of the foundation's mission and to act as an inspiration for the preservation of this natural heritage of international importance.

Four Seasons Resorts Maldives

We are based at the Four Seasons Resort Landaa Giraavaru in Baa Atoll where we are fortunate to have the support of this world famous company. The Four Seasons understands the responsibility that resorts have to maintain this beautiful country and they are unique in the number and scope of environmental initiatives that they undertake and support here in the Maldives. Please click here for more information on the work they are doing.