Diveplanit interviews Lynn Funkhouser – an internationally published photographer, lecturer and environmentalist committed to making a difference on this planet through her images and lectures.
No one really knows just how much plastic is in those many ocean garbage patches, but what researchers are now discovering is that, if you’re eating seafood – you’re eating that plastic too!
Sad news this week for ocean advocates the world over. Rob Stewart, the director of acclaimed marine conservation documentary Sharkwater, has died.
Passionate diver Jemma Craig share images of her life on the Great Barrier Reef, diving with Mike Ball Dive Expeditions. Jemma would like the world to know the reef is very much alive.
A Diveplanit explainer where we shine a light on what makes for a sustainable dive operation in terms of the marine environment and local communities, so you can make more informed choices
Throughout the year Diveplanit has brought you news about the Marine Environment. Here’s a little summary of ocean related news for 2016 – and despite a few obvious examples – lots of it good and there are reasons to be hopeful!
A Plastic Bag Ban is finally on the agenda of the next NSW Environment Minister meeting. Send the Minister a one-liner stating your support to ban the bag.
Our fish are on the move! And Redmap (Range Extension Database & Mapping Project) website & App enable community members to report sightings of marine species observed outside their normal range.
Despite a Shark Management Strategy including scientifically driven investigation of new and emerging technologies, NSW DPI will be rolling out traditional shark nets on the North Coast as a ‘Trial’.
Custodians of the Great Barrier Reef have been fighting, but not winning, a war against an alien-like invader, the Crown Of Thorns Starfish (COTS). But the tide looks set to turn with the introduction of the COTSbot, an underwater robot that can seek and destroy individual starfish.
