Ocean Lovers
■ Links
■ 日本語で読めるウェブサイトで、おすすめできるものをいくつかUPしてみました。
■ Some recommended Websites written in Japanese.
(Other links written in English are below.)
ダイバーやボランティアの人々の協力により、海洋環境保護活動に取り組んでいます。
Divers & Volunteers are working on some marine conservation activities.
"海洋生物のセンサス" の活動内容が分かります。(日本語)
You can read the purpose/activities of "Census of Marine Life" in Japanese.
沖縄でサンゴを養殖し、海に移植している金城浩二さんの会社。
私のフォトブック・プロジェクトに、金城さんにもご参加いただいております。
Koji Kinjo is working hard to culture and transplant corals in Okinawa, Japan.
He has contributed his photo to my "Photo Book Project".
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■ Links
■ 海洋環境および自然環境の保護に関し、有益な情報が得られるリンクを集めてみました。
■ These are useful links you can get good & educational information about marine
conservation / general conservation, etc.
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★ Marine Conservation
- In partnership with scuba divers and water enthusiasts, Project AWARE offices
located in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland and Japan
combine efforts to conserve aquatic resources / underwater environments,
through education, advocacy and action, in more than 180 countries and
territories of the world.
- The Census of Marine Life is a global network of researchers in more than 80
nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the
diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The world's first
comprehensive Census of Marine Life - past, present, and future - will be
released in 2010.
- Earth Dive is a global research project for scuba divers who can help preserve
the health and diversity of our oceans (its concept is "citizen science") - which
has been developed in partnership with the United Nations Environment
Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre UNEP-WCMC and marine
biologists from all over the world.
- Marine Bio is a registered nonprofit organization. It's an evolving tribute to
all ocean life and has been a central source of the latest information
concerning marine biology and marine conservation online since 1998.
- The Marine Photobank is a leading visual resource that has galvanized people
from all over the planet to share marine photos that shed light on how humans
have affected life in the ocean. Founded in response to a lack of high quality
underwater and above water ocean conservation images. These images are
available at no cost for non-commercial purposes as well as for media use.
◎ TOPP
-TOPP: Tagging of Pacific Predators began in 2000 as one of 17 projects of the
Census of Marine Life, an ambitious 10-year, 80-nation endeavor to assess and
explain the diversity and abundance of life in the oceans, and where that life has
lived, is living, and will live.
- By uniting a community of divers who are concerned about the marine
environment, Cousteau Divers brings the legacy of Jacques-Yves Cousteau to
life, making each diver an agent of the study and conservation of the aquatic
realm.
★ General Conservation
- Its mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage - our global biodiversity -
and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with
nature.
◎ UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
-UNEP is the United Nations system’s designated entity for addressing
environmental issues at the global & regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate
the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global
environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of
governments and the international community for action.
◎ IUCN - the International Union for Conservation of Nature
-IUCN is the world’s oldest & largest global environmental network - a democratic
membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member
organizations & almost 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries.
It helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and
development challenges.
IUCN - Commission on Education and Communication
◎ WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature
-WWF is one of the world's largest & global conservation organization acting
locally in more than 100 countries. It is an independent foundation registered
under Swiss law.
-The National Geographic Society has been inspiring people to care about the
planet since 1888. It is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational
institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and
natural science, the promotion of environmental & historical conservation.
★ Protect Sharks
◎Project AWARE Foundation
→ Protect the Sharks (English)
→ サメの保護 (Japanese)
◎ Protect The Sharks Foundation
◎ IUCN Shark Specialist Group (Facebook)
◎ 333 PRODUCTIONS (Facebook)
★ Related Matter
◎ 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
- The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of
Biodiversity, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this
irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss.
- Alexandra Cousteau, Social Environmental Advocate, telling the story of our
water.
- The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF) is an
international nonprofit organization that provides scientific research and
technical information and assistance to ensure the proper preservation of
the Galapagos Islands.
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★ Underwater Photography & Videography, Community of Divers etc.
◎ UnderwaterPhotographyGuide.com
- Guide to Digital Underwater Photography written by Scott Gietler. This online
book is a complete underwater photography tutorial & class for beginners and
advanced photographers, full of underwater photography tips and examples.
- ScubaMagazine.net Forum is the most feature packed scuba, technical, photo /
video & dive travel community of divers from all over the world.
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