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How to Meet the Criteria of External Eco Recognition

24 Oct 2024 by The Reef-World Foundation

If you are reading this post, then you are most likely hoping that your operation (dive centre, snorkelling business, or liveaboard) will meet the criteria of external eco recognition, such as the PADI Eco Center, to help your operation stand out from the crowd and have your sustainable efforts recognised. In a recent Reef-World survey, … Read more

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Reef-World x PADI Partnership

7 Sep 202231 Aug 2022 by The Reef-World Foundation

PADI works in partnership with The Reef-World Foundation to realise the potential of the diving community as an example of how a global industry can successfully support people, planet and profit.

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Plastic Checklist for a Coral-Friendly Business

2 Aug 202130 Jul 2021 by The Reef-World Foundation

As countries are slowly opening up for tourism again we have to keep safe travelling in mind as well as do our part to protect the environment. There’s one thing everyone can do, collectively or individually, to reduce single-plastic use in tourism. We all know by now that plastics are terrible for the environment and … Read more

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April 2018 – Sustainable Diving Think Tank and Dialogue at ADEX Singapore

20 Oct 202013 Apr 2018 by The Reef-World Foundation

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.

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ADEX (7) Anchoring (4) Antigua and Barbuda (6) assessor training (3) Beach cleanup (6) Caudalie (4) Citizen Science (5) Cleanup (6) Cleanups (15) coral reefs (4) Diving best practice (57) Dominican Republic (10) Egypt (9) environmental courses (4) Fourth Element (5) Good diver practice (3) hazardous chemicals (6) Indonesia (18) Japan (8) Jordan (4) Malaysia (18) Maldives (11) Managing guests (14) PADI (4) Palau (6) partners (25) Philippines (50) Plastic and trash (6) PSS (5) Recycling (6) Responsible marine life interactions (5) Singapore (7) Single-use plastic (9) Snorkelling best practice (9) SSL (8) Sunscreen (5) sustainable diving (5) Thailand (5) Trash (14) Trash cans (5) Trash management (4) Underwater cleanup (4) Underwater photography (8) Vietnam (6) Waste (4)

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