At Diving Pleasures, we totally support Project AWARE in conserving the environment. Apart from doing our bit in cleaning our seas and preserving the marine ecosystem during our dives, we also invite more people in joining our cause by being a member or donating to Project AWARE!

Be an 'Underwater Hero' by participating in the world's largest non-profit organization in protecting our most delicate, vital and valuable aquatic ecosystems, through education, advocacy and action. Learn how to conserve the marine environment now! By joining Project AWARE, you will not only conserve our wealth and abundance of beautiful and crucial marine life the world has offered us, not only for yourselves, but more importantly for your children and their future! It all depends on what YOU do now!

So, the next question is....what CAN you do? Simple. Just sign up for the Project AWARE Specialty course to learn about some of the most pressing problems facing these vulnerable environments and everyday actions you can take to help conserve them. It’s informative, interesting and most importantly, you learn how to make a difference! Not only that, certification counts toward the PADI Master SCUBA diver rating! So, do what you love and be recognized for it!

To give you an idea, some of the things you'll learn as a Project AWARE member include:-

Vote against torture and oppression and donate your email address to Support Project AWARE Now! Send completed forms to info@projectaware.org.au

Project AWARE Foundation Patron Donation Form

SHARKS Are The Victims!

The unprecendented growth of the Chinese economy over the recent years has created an insatiable demand for shark fins of any size and type! To add to the enormous problem of over-fishing of sharks, advances in science and technology have made shipbuilding and navigational electronics more sophisticated in that shark fishing boats could now go anywhere in the world fast, thus, reducing the time taken for located 'shark spots' and making fishing much quicker! This has made local shark populations diminish rapidly right before our eyes! The whole problem lies in the fact that the fins are now so much more valuable than the rest of the shark that the carcass is discarded after the fins are removed, to save storage space on the boat. The fins are just sliced off when the shark is still alive and the mutilated shark is dumped back into the water to die a slow and agonizing death!!

Why should we be concerned? Without sharks, the whole experience of being in a natural ocean wilderness would be immeasurably reduced. It would be like being on the Serengeti with no lions or cheetahs. In losing the opportunity to view these magnificent and superbly-adapted predators in the wild, we are also losing part of our spiritual connection with nature.

BAN Shark Killing NOW!

Project AWARE (Americas) Be a Patron, Get a Tote Bag Project AWARE (Asia Pacific) Free Cleanup Bag Project AWARE (International) Give your Mouse a Heart Dear Project AWARE Supporter, Welcome to the June edition of Our Blue World – the latest in conservation news, action alerts and environmental activities for Project AWARE Patron and AWARE divers. Your Support On Screen During Summer Olympics and Year of the Reef Project AWARE teamed up with world renowned artist Wyland and Olympic Gold Medalist, Heather Pease Olson to shoot a new high-impact public service announcement on coral protection. View the new PSA shown during the green Summer Olympics, International Year of the Reef events and beyond. Your Photos Could Win Grand Prize Calling all photographers! Project AWARE and the Marine Photo Bank challenge you to turn your lens in a different direction this World Ocean Day. Enter your best eco photos and compete for top prizes in two contest categories before 30 September 2008. Scubacat Diving Record Numbers Act on Dive for Earth Day Project AWARE saw over 300 Dive for Earth Day Activities take place in April 2008 to help to protect our ocean planet. Volunteers chose from a range of conservation activities that don't cost the earth like coral reef monitoring, underwater cleanups, fish surveys, AWARE Kids and more. Sign up for Project AWARE’s International Year of the Reef Pledge Take action for International Year of the Reef by signing your commitment to coral conservation.   Be an AWARE Diver, refuse to purchase coral products, reduce your carbon footprint, tell people about coral reefs and take part in a coral conservation activity.  Make your pledge today. Thailand Crystal Dive Resort, Thailand CoralWatch Operators Report Back There are now 712 global CoralWatch Operators! Results from a recent survey show CoralWatch is meeting the demand for a practical coral reef monitoring program to address coral bleaching. It’s easy to understand, easy to use and easy to report so email your contact details for your free Project AWARE CoralWatch Health Chart.

AWARE Diver Tip of the Month - Share Your Images Use images for conservation by reporting environmental disturbances or destruction using your photographs as evidence. Assist scientific research and improve resource management by contributing your photos to the Whale Shark Project and other monitoring programs. Your images have the power to change perspectives and influence conservation.

Project AWARE Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Project AWARE offices located in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Japan combine efforts to protect aquatic resources worldwide.

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