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Habitats

Real places with documented needs.

14 research candidates across five regions, each pairing environmental repair with community upliftment. None are confirmed and none are on sale.

The places on this site are real, and the environmental evidence is cited. Eden hospitality, prices, availability, booking, Impact Passport activity and Impact Credits are simulations. Nothing is bookable and no payment is ever taken.

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Showing 14 of 14 research candidates

  • Photograph of Cabo de Gata, Níjar, Andalusia, Spain. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    Cabo de Gata–Níjar

    Europe · Almería coast · Almería, Andalusia, Spain

    Marine meadows and the coast around San José, inside the Cabo de Gata–Níjar protected area. The place and its documented needs are real; nothing Eden is confirmed here.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Local enterprise & procurement
    • Dignified paid employment
    Mission
    Coastal rewilding
    Contribution
    8–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the wider landscape: Sierra de María–Los Vélez, Almería, Spain. Not the specific area under study. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · wider landscape

    Research candidate

    Altiplano de Granada & Los Vélez

    Europe · Altiplano Estepario · Southeast Spain

    Dryland farms across the Altiplano de Granada and Los Vélez, inside the wider area where the AlVelAl association works. A real farming landscape, not an Eden site.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Local enterprise & procurement
    • Dignified paid employment
    Mission
    Soil & water repair
    Contribution
    9–11 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the wider landscape: the Val di Susa with Rocciamelone and the Ambin group, Piedmont, Italy. Not the specific area under study. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · wider landscape

    Research candidate

    Mompantero & Bussoleno

    Europe · Val di Susa · Piedmont, Italy

    Alpine slopes above Bussoleno and Mompantero, named in Piedmont's plan for restoring land burned in the autumn 2017 wildfires.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Dignified paid employment
    • Local enterprise & procurement
    Mission
    Native reforestation
    Contribution
    10–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of Praia da Culatra on Ilha da Culatra, Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    Culatra & Ria Formosa

    Europe · Ria Formosa lagoon · Algarve, Portugal

    The island community of Culatra inside the Ria Formosa lagoon, where seahorse habitat and flood exposure are both documented.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Local enterprise & procurement
    • Cultural preservation
    Mission
    Community & craft
    Contribution
    8–10 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) and the Zambezi gorge, on the Zambia–Zimbabwe border at Livingstone. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    Livingstone & Mosi-oa-Tunya

    Africa · Zambezi River · Southern Province, Zambia

    The Zambia-side river corridor near Livingstone, inside the transboundary Victoria Falls landscape. A real place with documented pressures and no Eden presence.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Local enterprise & procurement
    • Dignified paid employment
    Mission
    River & water stewardship
    Contribution
    8–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of NamibRand Nature Reserve, southern Namibia. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    NamibRand & adjoining rangelands

    Africa · Southern Namib · Southern Namibia

    A private nature reserve assembled from former sheep farms, with neighbouring rangelands around it. Naturally sparse desert, not degraded forest.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Dignified paid employment
    • Education & youth training
    Mission
    Desert stewardship
    Contribution
    8–10 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the wider landscape: the Maasai Mara, Narok County, Kenya. Not the specific area under study. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · wider landscape

    Research candidate

    Pardamat Conservation Area

    Africa · Greater Maasai Mara · Narok County, Kenya

    A lived-in pastoral landscape connecting Mara conservancies, where people, livestock and wildlife share the same ground.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Locally governed benefit-sharing
    • Women-led enterprise
    Mission
    Grassland & rangeland
    Contribution
    8–10 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the Kouga River in the Baviaanskloof, Eastern Cape, South Africa. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    Baviaanskloof

    Africa · Baviaanskloof valley · Eastern Cape, South Africa

    A farming and subtropical thicket landscape in the Eastern Cape, where restoration work is already under way with local landowners.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Dignified paid employment
    • Local enterprise & procurement
    Mission
    Landscape restoration
    Contribution
    8–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of rock formations in Wadi Rum, Jordan. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    Wadi Rum & Rum village

    Middle East · Wadi Rum Protected Area · Aqaba Governorate, Jordan

    A protected desert landscape with locally operated tourism, where UNESCO has flagged visitor pressure and management needs.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Local enterprise & procurement
    • Cultural preservation
    Mission
    Desert stewardship
    Contribution
    8–10 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the village of Al ‘Ayn and its terraces on Jabal Akhdar, Oman. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    Al ‘Ayn, Al ‘Aqr & Ash Sharayjah

    Middle East · Jabal Akhdar · Ad Dakhiliyah, Oman

    Three mountain villages with terraced fields and falaj irrigation on Jabal Akhdar, where land use has been studied over a decade.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Infrastructure & water access
    • Cultural preservation
    Mission
    Mountain terrace & water
    Contribution
    8–10 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the Daintree River, Far North Queensland, Australia. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · real location

    Research candidate

    Lower Daintree River

    Australia · Daintree ferry reach · Far North Queensland, Australia

    A reach of the lower Daintree River where riverbank repair and mangrove recovery are already under way after Cyclone Jasper.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Locally governed benefit-sharing
    • Dignified paid employment
    Mission
    Rainforest & reef
    Contribution
    8–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the wider landscape: the west coast of Kangaroo Island at Flinders Chase, South Australia. Not the specific area under study. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · wider landscape

    Research candidate

    Western River & De Mole catchments

    Australia · Northwestern Kangaroo Island · South Australia, Australia

    Bushland catchments in northwestern Kangaroo Island, including a wildlife refuge recovering from the 2019–2020 fires. Real places, not available land.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Dignified paid employment
    • Local enterprise & procurement
    Mission
    Island recovery
    Contribution
    8–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Representative rainforest landscape. Not a photograph of Xingu headwaters around Querência.

    Concept image · not location photography

    Research candidate

    Xingu headwaters around Querência

    Amazon · Upper Xingu basin · Mato Grosso, Brazil

    A restoration landscape in the Amazon–Cerrado transition around Querência — farmed and settled country, not untouched deep rainforest.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Locally governed benefit-sharing
    • Dignified paid employment
    Mission
    Forest & river
    Contribution
    8–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
  • Photograph of the wider landscape: Lago Sandoval, Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru. Not the specific area under study. No Eden site or partnership is confirmed here.

    Photograph · wider landscape

    Research candidate

    Tambopata–La Pampa landscape

    Amazon · Madre de Dios · Madre de Dios, Peru

    A landscape damaged by gold mining, where scientific restoration is under way. A specialist research candidate, not a ready guest destination.

    Real location and documented needs. No Eden site or partnership confirmed.

    • Dignified paid employment
    • Local enterprise & procurement
    Mission
    Watershed & biodiversity
    Contribution
    8–12 hours per stay
    Explore concept
The global network

Five regions, one standard.

Eden Habitats are the living environments where this work takes place. Each holds its own ecology, culture, community and possibilities for renewal. The hotel or lodge provides the hospitality; the Habitat encompasses the place and the life around it.

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