Green Fins Dominican Republic receives more training – November 2018
From the 12th to the 17th November 2018, Reef-World were invited to return to the Dominican Republic to provide more training and support for the national team.
The Reef-World Foundation
Green Fins lands on US soil – DEMA 2018
For the first time ever, Green Fins was showcased in the US as part of the DEMA dive show in Las Vegas. Chloe Harvey from Reef-World ran a series of BlueGreen seminars in partnership with Laurie Wilson from the Blue Ocean Network.
Coral reefs in the spotlight at Our Ocean Conference 2018
The Government of the Republic of Indonesia hosted the fifth Our Ocean Conference in Bali on 29th and 30th of October 2018. Klementina, from Reef-World, participated at the conference and was positively surprised by the momentum building up around coral reefs.
Reef-World’s participation at ITB Asia prompts for wider industry collaboration to preserve coral reefs
ITB Asia is an annually held three day B2B trade show and convention for the travel industry. Klementina from Reef-World visited the show and initiated relationships with wider travel industry leaders, such as hotel and resort chains, booking companies, airlines, tour operators, etc.
August 2018 – Green Fins Philippines – Building capacity to manage El Nido’s booming snorkelling industry
Between 6-11 August 2018, seven new assessors were certified, creating new collaborations between the El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area Office, CENRO Taytay and The El Nido Foundation.
August 2018 – Green Fins Philippines – Training a new Green Fins Cebu team
The final tranche of this year’s Green Fins assessor training in the Philippines ran from 15-20 August 2018 in Moalboal, Cebu.
July 2018 – Green Fins Philippines – Welcoming a new coordinator team in Mabini, Batangas
Between 16th -20th July 2018, The Reef-World Foundation trained six field staff from the Community Environment and Natural Resource Offices Lipa and Calaca, and the Batangas Community Divers to coordinate the Green Fins approach in Mabini, Philippines.
June 2018 – BlueGreen360 Awards three-day study tour on sustainable tourism in Bali
The Coral Triangle Center (CTC) hosted the BlueGreen360 award winners in Bali on June 25-27, for a three-day study tour on sustainable tourism.
June 2018 – Reef-World trains new Green Fins Dominican Republic team
From the 28th May to the 2nd June, Reef-World’s Operations Manager, JJ trained up 4 new Green Fins Assessors to oversee the implementation of Green Fins in the first Caribbean country, the Dominican Republic.
May 2018 – Eco-Diving Certification Programme Green Fins comes to the Caribbean
Green Fins is being introduced to the Dominican Republic in June 2018.
