Where Collaboration Meets Conservation

Marine conservation can be understood as preserving, restoring, and protecting the physical environment and its inhabitants. These include coral reefs, fish, seagrass, coastlines, water conditions, sea beds, mangroves, and more. 

Marine eco systems such as coral reefs make up less than 1% of the ocean seafloor and support 25% of marine life. Along with seagrass and mangroves, they are also important breakwaters that can weaken and prevent storm damage, coastline erosion, and floods. Artificial breakwaters can cost up to $100,000 per kilometer. Their global estimated value is consistently in the trillions of dollars annually, with a local value of $1.1 billion in fisheries, tourism, protection, and medicine.

Unfortunately, like many things, we like to put them aside until the very last minute. Do you remember the time when we had to patch up the hole in our atmosphere? Gladly, that's done and dealt with. But with the ocean, it's a whole different dynamic. The first reliable commercial scuba diving equipment was invented in 1942 by Cousteau and Gagnan, followed by advancements in equipment and training during the 1950s - early 1960s. By then, we were already out in space.

Learn as you go, do as you can, influence your surroundings.

Ocean knowledge is infinite, you can start by watching some of the videos listed below.