May 2018 – Eco-Diving Certification Programme Green Fins comes to the Caribbean
Green Fins is being introduced to the Dominican Republic in June 2018.
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Reef-World attends the PATA Annual Summit in Cebu, Philippines – May 2019
The concept of sustainability was discussed in detail by members and partners of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) when they met for the Annual Summit (PAS 2019) hosted by the Department of Tourism Philippines in Cebu City (9-12 May 2019).
April 2018 – new Green Fins assessors in Negros Oriental, Philippines
Between the 16th-21st April 2018, a new team of assessors from the Negros Oriental Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), satellite Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs Ayungon and Dumaguete) and local NGO Marine Conservation Philippines were trained up by Reef-World.
April 2018 – Sustainable Diving Think Tank and Dialogue at ADEX Singapore
Once again, among the excitement and fun filled schedule of the Asian Dive Expo (ADEX) in Singapore last weekend, a group of 50 industry leaders gathered for a deeper purpose: the Sustainable Think Tank and Dialogue.
Six Senses Laamu Resort is raising the sustainability bar in the industry in partnership with The Reef-World Foundation
Six Senses Laamu has scaled-up its marine conservation efforts with a partnership with The Reef-World Foundation, UN Environment’s Global Technical Partner for the Green Fins initiative.
January 2018 – BOOT Show, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Reef-World Foundation was present at the annual Boot Show in Dusseldorf for a few days to meet with various partners, meet some Green Fins members and to see the usual SCUBA diving and snorkelling innovations and trends.
January 2018 – Green Fins Indonesia – Introducing Green Fins Bali!
Bali has long been a tourist hotspot and despite recent hiccups with press misconceptions about the impact from Mount Agung’s activity, diving plays a major role in the island’s tourism. In order to leverage this passionate industry for coral reef protection whilst helping them to reduce their own threats, the esteemed Coral Triangle Center have adopted the Green Fins approach.
December 2017 – International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) – 32 General Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya
The 32nd ICRI General Meeting took place from the 7th to the 9th December 2017 at the UN Office in Nairobi, Kenya where The Reef-World Foundation as Members of ICRI were invited to present as part of ICRI Goal 4 – ‘Promote the deployment of mooring devices limiting the mechanical destruction of coral reefs and seagrasses.’
November 2017 – The Reef-World Foundation dives into the waters of DEMA 2017
DEMA (Diving Equipment and Marketing Association) took place in the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando Florida, from the 1st to the 4th of November. Reef-World’s representative, Klementina Dukoska, took the opportunity to discuss with dive, and related businesses, to create joint ocean solutions, through utilizing what is the only recognized standard for sustainable diving and snorkelling, Green Fins.
November 2017- Philippines – DENR Green Fins Coordinator Training
Over the course of 2017, Reef-World has been working hard with DENR to form a national structure for Green Fins Philippines assessors under the new Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Management Program (CMEMP), or as it is known locally ‘Agos ng buhay’. This work has been supported by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
