Today was indeed a very significant one in the conservation efforts of AfriOceans. Our unique AfriOceans Warriors Awareness Hike last December launched a new movement in environmental education, in youth empowerment and in conservation awareness. This year, no matter limited funding, and together with our key partners and the Muizenberg High School, we are going…
Monthly Archives: Feb 2010
During my recent photographic expedition aboard the Sea Horse around the stunning Radja Ampat, which was a prize for one of the awards Sharks in Deep Trouble won last year, I had the privilege to meet the wobbegong shark. Though my fellow divers saw a wobbegong on almost every dive and John Bantin of Diver…
In general there are very few sharks left in Radja Ampat and though I saw some wobbegongs, the odd black tip and white tip, local shark conservationist Andy Miners of the Misool Eco Resort, told me that most have been killed by local longliners who continue to catch the remaining few. Andy’s efforts in helping…
Quote for the day, I like this one more: ‘We should be cutting lies instead of trees.’ Jerry Martien, Salvage This PS: I promise I will put more pix up of Radja Ampat soon…