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Project AWARE Foundation is a growing movement of scuba divers protecting the ocean planet – one dive at a time. Over the past two decades of underwater conservation we’ve learned that divers are true leaders in ocean protection. We’re ocean heroes numbering in the millions across the globe. We believe together our actions will make a huge impact and will help to rescue the ocean. Learn more at: http://www.thescubanews.com/contributors/project-aware/

Project AWARE® Welcomes New Associate Director Policy and Campaigns to its Global Team

By Project AWARE on November 13, 2018 Environmental News

Project AWARE is honoured to welcome Ian Campbell as the international marine conservation non-profit organization new Associate Director, Policy and Campaigns. Ian Campbell draws from 20 years’ experience in marine conservation, working in the public, private and NGO sectors. His extensive international work experience and background as marine surveyor, commercial diver, fisheries officer, and author and consultant on policy matters including the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy, have led Ian to focus, throughout his professional career, on reducing impacts of commercial fisheries, habitat protection and sustainable shark and ray tourism. Ian comes to Project AWARE from World Wildlife Fund for…

Project AWARE Charity Auction: Online Bidding Now Open

By Project AWARE on October 11, 2017 Community News, Environmental News

To celebrate Project AWARE®’s Silver Jubilee with the dive community, we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs in our 25th Anniversary online silent auction! Bidding is now open and closes on October 31: www.projectaware.org/auction This year’s special charity auction gives divers and ocean enthusiasts the opportunity to bid on a wide variety of prizes, kindly donated by over 40 generous sponsors to support Project AWARE’s next wave of ocean protection. Funds raised through the auction will go a long way toward helping implement policies to protect the most vulnerable marine species and take action – in and out of…

New Mobile App Transforms Any Smartphone into a Tool for Ocean Protection

By Project AWARE on September 4, 2017 Community News, Environmental News

A smartphone app from the environmental organization Project AWARE® will enable scuba divers around the world to record levels of marine debris now causing increasing problems for wildlife and ocean habitats. The app is designed to make it easier for scuba divers to register information on the man-made debris they encounter on their dives, building a dataset shared with science and conservation bodies. The app includes a list of common debris items and uses geo-location for quick and easy reporting. Project AWARE developed the mobile app to support the data submission process for its global underwater marine debris survey Dive…

World’s First-Ever Best-Practice Guide for Tourism Operators Released

By Project AWARE on March 3, 2017 Environmental News

This World Wildlife Day, March 3, Project AWARE®, WWF and The Manta Trust are pleased to release Responsible Shark and Ray Tourism: A Guide to Best Practice, the world’s first-ever guidelines for shark and ray tourism operators. The Guide aims to provide practical, science-based guidance to help tourism operators, NGOs and local communities develop and maintain well managed tourism operations that help conserve shark and ray species, raise awareness for their protection, and benefit local communities. Unsustainable exploitation of sharks and rays – mainly driven by overfishing – is widespread with one in four shark and ray species now threatened…

Conservationists Welcome Shark & Ray Listings at CITES CoP

By Project AWARE on October 6, 2016 Environmental News

13 Species Listed in Plenary, NGOs look to implementation, remaining threats. Conservationists are delighted that CITES* Parties have officially listed devil rays, thresher sharks, and the silky shark under CITES Appendix II. The listing proposals were supported by more than the two-thirds majority required for adoption in Committee on Monday, and finalized today in Plenary. “This is a big win for all these species of sharks and rays as governments around the world will now have to act to ensure that trade is from sustainable and legal fisheries,” said Andy Cornish of the WWF. Nine devil rays, the three thresher…

Conservationists Cheer Progress on Sharks & Rays at CITES CoP

By Project AWARE on October 4, 2016 Environmental News

Countries Must Now Finalize Decisions in Plenary Later This Week In a highly anticipated Committee session today, proposals to list devil rays, thresher sharks, and the silky shark under CITES* were supported by more than the two-thirds of voting Parties required for adoption. Conservationists are delighted yet mindful that Committee decisions must still be confirmed in the final CITES plenary session later this week. “Assuming these decisions stand, this is a big win for all these species of sharks and rays as governments around the world will now have to act to reduce the overfishing that threatens them,” said Andy…

Silent Auction Launches on World Tourism Day

By Project AWARE on September 28, 2016 Environmental News

In 2015, announcing the winners of the Project AWARE’s silent auction was one of the many highlights of the annual Sport Diver Awards Ceremony. This year, the silent auction is back with even more prizes and opportunities to support ocean protection. Launching on World Tourism Day, September 27 and running until October 22, Project AWARE is using this international celebration of tourism to raise funds for its critical ocean conservation work and remind the dive community of the importance of ecotourism and responsible travel practices. The wide range of prizes, donated by Project AWARE’s generous sponsors, will give divers and non-divers…

Adopt a Dive Site this Earth Day with Project AWARE

By Project AWARE on April 18, 2016 Environmental News

Project AWARE Divers Pledge to Protect their Underwater Playgrounds On Earth Day, April 22, Project AWARE® announces its latest initiative supporting the fight against marine debris: Adopt a Dive Site™. Harnessing the unique underwater skill set of the scuba diving community, Adopt a Dive Site urges scuba diving leaders around the globe – including dive instructors, dive centers and resorts – to engage in ongoing, local protection and monitoring of our underwater playgrounds. Seated within Project AWARE’s flagship citizen-science program, Dive Against Debris™, Adopt a Dive Site is tailored to the global nonprofit organization’s most dedicated dive leaders: participants commit…

Join Project AWARE at DEMA 2015

By Project AWARE on October 20, 2015 Community News, Dive Show News

Save the date and join Project AWARE at DEMA 2015! The team will be offering an exclusive test drive of their new Dive Against Debris workshop, specifically designed to help dive professionals engage divers in Dive Against Debris activities and report better data more often. You’ll help Project AWARE create a better tool and walk away informed and empowered to take your Dive Against Debris efforts to new depths. http://www.demashow.com/dema2015/public/SessionDetails.aspx?FromPage=Sessions.aspx&SessionID=596&SessionDateID=25

Sport Diver / Project AWARE Silent Auction Now Open

By Project AWARE on October 20, 2015 Community News

Bidding is now open for the Sport Diver 2015 Silent Auction in support of Project AWARE! Some of the amazing prizes up for grabs include a stunning Ball Watch Engineer Master II Diver watch, holiday vouchers, dive packages and equipment, and much more. Don’t miss it! Learn more at: http://bit.ly/AWARECharityAuction

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