The Technical Bulletin No. 2017-13 provides the legal instrument and structure for Regional and Provincial governments across the country to start implementing the international Green Fins environmental standards.
As of June 2017 the Green Fins initiative is present on the first social network and interactive, shareable logbook for divers and ocean enthusiast worldwide: Deepblu.
At the end of October, Reef-World staff Charlie Wiseman and Lui Hepworth participated in the 9th Xiamen Recreational Fisheries and Aquarium Expo (XRFE).
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.
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.
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.
2015 saw another year where 100% of the active dive centres in Malapascua signed up to be members.
Reef-World has recently returned from a three week mission to recruit, train and assess new dive centres in Ari Atoll
The Reef-World Foundation, with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme, ran a booth at ADEX aimed at promoting the project and reaching out to divers to adopt best practices.
