Top Tips for a Successful Underwater Cleanup
Inspired to run your own underwater clean-up event? Here are a few tips on how to make sure it’s a success and that you don’t cause any further damage to the reef while removing marine debris.
Cleanups
Top Tips for a Successful Beach Cleanup
Inspired to run your own beach clean-up event? Here are a few tips on how to make sure it’s a success:
Tioman Dive Centre Wins Prestigious Green Fins Award
The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinators of Green Fins – is delighted to announce Tioman Dive Centre (TDC) as the winner of this year’s Green Fins Award. The award, which recognises Tioman Dive Centre as the Green Fins member with the lowest environmental impact, was presented as part of the BlueGreen360 Awards at ADEX Singapore (11-14 April 2019).
December 2017 – MedPAN workshop in Slovenia
At the invitation of the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Protected Areas Network (MedPAN), Reef-World representative James Harvey was invited to join the regional exchange workshop in Izola, Slovenia titled ‘MPAs facing pollution in the Mediterranean: thinking beyond boundaries’ that took place over 4 days (28 Nov. / 1st Dec. 2017).
August 2017 – Green Fins Philippines – Panglao dive centres show positive change for the oceans
For the third year, volunteer assessors were based in Panglao, Philippines for six weeks while undertaking the annual assessments. Battling brown outs and a quiet low season, dive centres were no less enthusiastic for environmental protection.
May 2017 – Green Fins Philippines – Rapid Site Assessment in Puerto Galera
In May 2017, a team of two Green Fins assessors from The Reef-World Foundation conducted a rapid site assessment of local Green Fins members and their impacts on the waters of Puerto Galera.
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.
