How are Green Fins Members Working on Sustainability During Lockdown?
Despite current travel restrictions, many Green Fins members are taking this time to work on aspects of their sustainability policies. Here are just a few examples.
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Taking Conservation Action During the COVID-19 Crisis
The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinator of the UN Environment Programme’s Green Fins initiative – is calling for the dive industry to keep sustainability high on its agenda during the COVID-19 crisis.
My First Beach Cleanup: Furaha’s Story
It’s not just Green Fins members who can benefit from the initiative’s knowledge, tools and resources. The Green Fins materials are available (for free) for members and non-members alike to use to reduce their environmental impact. Wife and mother Furaha learned this first-hand when she contacted the team here at Reef-World (we coordinate Green Fins internationally) to ask for some help with her first ever beach cleanup event. Here is her story…
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.
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:
8 Things You Need to Know about Ocean Plastics
In March 2019, the UN Environment launched three reports each addressing plastic pollution on the world’s ocean ecosystems. We already know plastic is a huge problem for our oceans – but how much of a threat does plastic pollution pose?
How to Become an Environmental Role Model for your Guests
If you’ve read about being a good environmental role model in the Green Fins Code of Conduct and wondered how you can be a better role model for your guests, read on to find out more…
Plastics and Coral Reefs
It won’t come as a surprise to you that plastics are terrible for the ocean environment. But what about coral reefs, specifically? Here, we take a look at the findings of a recent study published in the journal Science (Lamb et. al. 2018) which explores what threat plastic pollution poses coral reefs.
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.
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.
