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Our Mission - To protect and conserve coral reefs by establishing and implementing environmentally friendly guidelines to promote a sustainable diving tourism industry
Welcome to Green Fins Thailand
Since being founded in 2004, we have been dedicated to protecting the reef's of Thailand through raising awareness and teaching Reef Watch methods for ongoing monitoring. In support of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) 2008 we are pushing for a direct involvement of all communities within Thailand to adopt responsibility and commit to looking after the reefs and reduce our daily impacts on the marine environment. Please join us in celebrating IYOR 2008 by getting involved in any activities related to the 3 Green Fins themes of the year:
 Adopt a Reef
The 3 Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
NO SALES OF MARINE LIFE
Please see our downloads page for activity suggestions to help inspire you in deciding how you can help. Contact us for any help or information, especially if you have any good ideas for fun activities you would like your local community or dive operators to get involved in.
Latest News
 Latest Adopt a Reef - Staghorn Reef by Sea Bees (12th April 2008)  |
The two Phuket Green Fins Coordinators were invited aboard the Excalibur 2 for an assessment and to launch
the adoption of the popular dive site, Staghorn Reef at Racha Yai. Sea Bees are now committed to doing
regular Reef Watch surveys to help monitor the health of this reef and to keep a general look out for
any destructive activities.
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| Koh Samui Underwater Cleanup event - Divers and Volunteers needed |
Koh Samui Easy Divers, in partnership with Project AWARE is organising an underwater clean up at the Angthong National
Marine Park, Koh Yippon Yai on Saturday the 19th of April 2008 to celebrate Dive for Earth Day (22nd April 2008).
To read more go to www.easydivers-thailand.com
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| The first Cape Panwa beach clean up was a great succes and a fun day! |
On Saturday the 23rd of February 59 people showed up to clean Cape Panwa beach in Ao Tang Khen. It took about 4 hours to collect the 104 bags with a total weight of 1210 Kg of plastic, glass and polysterene. It was a great day enjoyed by all. Click on the right to read more.
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| January the 15th Crown of Thorns removal for the International Year of the Reef 2008 |
The first activity of 2008 for the IYOR was conducted by PMBC, Green Fins and other volunteers to help remove a serious outbreak of
Crown of Thorns on Koh Aeo. Over the whole day 23 people helped out to remove a total of 460 COT's from the reef that was discovered a few weeks earlier by staff at PMBC. To read more click on the link...
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| ปรากฏการณ์สัตว์น้ำในแนวปะการังแถบหินม่วง-หินแดงตายเมื่อต้นปี 2550
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ปะการังอ่อนและสัตว์น้ำตายตอนต้นปี 2550 ในพื้นที่แนวปะการังหลายแห่งแถบจังหวัดกระบี่ ตรัง และสตูล จนเป็นข่าวใหญ่ฮือฮาในวงการท่องเที่ยวดำน้ำ นักดำน้ำหลายรายได้รายงานสถานการณ์ในช่วงนั้นว่า น้ำทะเลเย็นผิดปกติ คือประมาณ 23-24 องศาเซลเซียส (ซึ่งโดยปกติแล้วในช่วงหน้าแล้งอุณหภูมิน้ำทะเลจะอยู่ราว 28-29 องศาเซลเซียส) มวลน้ำเย็นสีน้ำตาลคล้ำ ไหลมาเป็นกลุ่มก้อน สัตว์น้ำและปะการังอ่อนตามเกาะต่างๆ ตั้งแต่กระบี่ลงไปถึงสตูลตายเกลื่อน โดยเฉพาะที่หินม่วง หินแดง หมู่เกาะห้าใหญ่ ได้รับผลกระทบมากกว่าที่อื่น
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| 17th Patong Costal and Reef Cleanup on 1st Nov 2007 |
The event to clean up the beach and the ocean In Patong bay, helped raise awareness to the public,
tourist, and business sector around Patong, involving everyone in the conservation of our coral reefs
in Phuket. Activities over the day included the Release of 8 young turtles from Phuket Marine
Biological Center into the sea. A Beach clean up by local students and an underwater clean up race in
the bay. Green Fins Display.
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| Coral Disease Observations: We Need Your Help! |
In the past 15 years, observations of coral disease have risen dramatically. To date, around 20 coral diseases have been described worldwide. While disease has been observed in both the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand, there is no database of sightings and information on disease is not widely available.
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| Coral are now like plants: Cuttings can be grown in a nursery, then transplanted elsewhere. |
Transplanting corals is exactly what conservation minded people will be doing at Phi Phi Lae on December 3
as part of the celebrations to mark the 80th birthday of His Majesty the King.
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