July 2016 – Green Fins Philippines – Second Round of Assessments for Members in Panglao, Bohol.
For six weeks in July and August, Green Fins assessors conducted Green Fins assessments for members in Panglao, Bohol.
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July 2016 – Green Fins Members collect 1000kg of marine debris – Panglao, Philippines
On July 20th 2016, Green Fins Assessors coordinated a multi stakeholder beach clean-up event that was attended by over 80 volunteers.
June 2016 – Green Fins Philippines – PENRO and CENRO Orientation in Batangas City
Alan (Reef-World Project Coordinator) attended a meeting in Batangas City to orientate the government staff to the Green Fins approach and then allow them structured time to develop an Action Plan which can then be included in their 2017 Work and Financial Plans.
June 2016 – Green Fins Recruitment begins in Dauin, Philippines
In April 2016, Green Fins coordinators from The Reef-World Foundation launched Green Fins activities in the popular diving destination of Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines (Region 18).
July 2017 – Green Fins Philippines – Doljo Beach Clean Up
On July 29th 2017, Green Fins stakeholders organised a beach clean-up involving the dive shops, local community and local government. In just two hours, over 60 volunteers collected roughly 400 kg of trash from Doljo Beach.
May 2016 – Green Fins Comes to Singapore
Some dive shops in Singapore realised the more people you have diving a reef, the higher the damage to the reef and wanted to help protect coral reefs by reducing their impacts by joining the Green Fins programme.
May 2016 – Launch of the Green Fins Snorkel Assessor Training – El Nido, Philippines
In May 2016, The Reef-World Foundation launched the first Green Fins Snorkel Assessor Training programme in El Nido, Philippines.
April 2016 – If Your Mission is to #SaveOurReefs, then Green Fins Really Does Work – Research Published in Environmental Management
Since 2012, in collaboration with Bangor University, Reef-World has been collecting data on diving behaviour in the Philippines and the adoption of Green Fins environmental practices as part of a study into the impacts of scuba diving on the health of our coral reefs.
April 2016 – Puerto Galera Implementation Activities – Philippines
After 2015, Puerto Galera members actually saw an increase in the potential threat from their dive centres so recently, international coordinators from Reef-World returned to reinvigorate momentum.
April 2016 – Two Minutes with Jim Toomey – Green Fins for a Blue Planet
Designed for the marine tourism industry, as well as local and national marine resource managers, we have a new two-minute video on sustainable diving titled “Green Fins for a Blue Planet”, produced by UNEP in partnership with syndicated cartoonist Jim Toomey.
