Specialist diving group teams up with British conservation charity to lower impact of scuba tourism on threatened reefsThe threat posed to coral reefs by scuba diving in Egypt and Thailand is so serious that officials have banned certain operators or suspended the sport altogether, but now moves are afoot to make diving tourism more sustainable.A partnership between the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (Padi), the world's largest training group, and the UN-backed Reef-World Foundation, a British conservation charity, will encourage the industry to sign up to the Green Fins scheme, which helps dive centres to reduce their environmental impact and mitigate the damage the burgeoning sport causes to coral reefs worldwide. Continue reading...
Diving force: experts join forces to save the world's coral reefs
28. listopadu 2018 14:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/28/diving-force-experts-join-forces-to-save-the-worlds-coral-reefs
Zdroj: The Guardian