Celebrate Dive In To Earth Day
Added to website: 05 April 2006
Dive In To Earth Day is an international Earth Day celebration that promotes the active conservation of coral reefs, oceans, and aquatic ecosystems, and raises public awareness of the importance of marine conservation. The vast majority of Earth Day events take place on land, so in order to ensure that the 70% of the planet covered by water is not forgotten, the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), Project AWARE Foundation, and other partners launched Dive In in April 2000. Dive In activities take place over the week of Earth Day – April 22, 2006.
To celebrate CCC has planned a series of exciting activities:
Event Information
Event Name: Mamanuca Island, Fiji Clean-up and education
Event Description: In collaboration with the Fijian-based NGO, the Mamanuca Environment Society, all four native Fijian villages in the Mamanuca Islands will be included in the work. A day will be spent at each of the villages and activities will include a beach clean-up and educational workshops. These activities will compliment the 12-week curriculum on coral reef management initiatives currently being conducted by CCC and MES in two of the four of these villages.
Activity Type : Clean Up / Educational activities
Number of Participants: 60 Fijians per village; 10 + Coral Cay personnel, 3 MES staff
Event Name: Northern Kadavu, Fiji Clean-up and education
Event Description: Two events will be conducted during the Week. The first is the initial session of teaching to be conducted at the Provincial secondary school on Ono Island. The second is a clean-up on Dravuni Island.
Activity Type: Clean Up / Educational activities
Number of Participants: 70+ individuals from Dravuni village expected plus 20 CCC personell. Typical class size in Ono Island school is 20 plus CCC teachers and assistants.
To find out more about Dive Into Earth Day and how you can get invloved visit: www.coralreefalliance.org/divein
