November 2015 – Green Fins Philippines – El Nido Activities
Two staff from Reef-World visited The El Nido Foundation, on location, to conduct a Green Fins Assessor Refresher Training course between the 23rdNovember and the 1st December 2015.
Two staff from Reef-World visited The El Nido Foundation, on location, to conduct a Green Fins Assessor Refresher Training course between the 23rdNovember and the 1st December 2015.
Over the last few months, Green Fins Malaysia recruited 2 new members in Tioman Island, 6 in Perhentian Island, 3 in Redang Island and 1 in Mataking Island, and reassessed 3 existing members on Tioman Island.
During July and August of this year, a team of volunteer Green Fins assessors are working with Green Fins members in Moalboal, Cebu for a fourth year!
From January to March 2015, the Green Fins team supported by Zoox volunteers were carrying out the fifth year of assessments in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro.
For the second year running, The Reef-World Foundation were requested by the IUCN to support the development and expansion of the Green Fins approach with a focus in the North Ari Atoll region of the Maldives.
Throughout July and August a team of five Green Fins assessors will be piloting the initiative to dive centres in the Municipality of Panglao, Bohol.
Reef-World is proud to announce the formation of the latest Green Fins Ambassador group in Malapascua.
Green Fins Coordinators have recently been assessing dive centres on Malapascua Island and despite the memory of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) one year on, the community remains strong and empowered.
Recently, the Green Fins Vietnam National Team led by the Institute of Oceanography (IO) and The Reef-World Foundation conducted the second round of assessments and training for dive centre members in Nha Trang.
With support from DENR Region 7 and the Regional technical Director Al Orolfo, The Reef-World Foundation was invited to carry out this training in Mactan, an island just off the coast of Cebu City where their Regional office is located.