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The Reef-World Foundation<\/u>\u00a0– the\u00a0international coordinators of\u00a0Green Fins<\/u>\u00a0– is pleased to announce Antigua and Barbuda has become the\u00a0first English speaking country in the western hemisphere to implement the Green Fins initiative.\u00a0The country is\u00a0the 10th government worldwide to officially adopt Green Fins\u00a0and the second in the Caribbean.<\/p>

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Green Fins\u00a0is a\u00a0UN Environment<\/u>\u00a0initiative, internationally coordinated by\u00a0The Reef-World Foundation<\/u>,<\/u>\u00a0which\u00a0aims to protect and conserve coral reefs through environmentally-friendly guidelines to promote a sustainable diving and snorkelling tourism industry.<\/p>\n

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Antigua and Barbuda, which has a population of just 100,000, received 285,000 overnight visitors and 1,000,000 cruise ship tourists in 2018. It is estimated there are over 30 businesses which provide either snorkelling or diving activities to these tourists. Reef-World hopes the initiative will significantly reduce the environmental impact on coral reefs by reaching 10,000 tourists in the next year.<\/p>\n

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The country now has a national team of 2 senior Green Fins Network leaders, 3 Green Fins assessors and 3 dive schools joining the\u00a0global network\u00a0of more than 560 trained and assessed\u00a0Green Fins\u00a0member\u00a0dive and snorkel operators. Following a week of training by Reef-World, a national team comprised of the Ministry of Tourism and the Fisheries Division are now certified to recruit, train and conduct assessments of new Green Fins members in the country. This involves providing training about the ecology and threats to coral reefs, simple and local everyday solutions to these threats and Green Fins\u2019 environmental standards to dive and snorkel operators.<\/p>\n

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The newly trained Green Fins Assessors will be carrying out robust assessments to evaluate the environmental impact of dive and snorkel operators and providing one-to-one consultation to help the business develop and implement best practice to improve the sustainability of the marine tourism industry. The individual feedback and support provided – which includes\u00a0practical, low-cost alternatives to common threats to the marine environment such as anchoring, provision of single use plastics such as plastic bottles and lack of awareness to existing rules and regulations\u00a0– is based on each company\u2019s area of highest negative impact on the reef, as determined by the assessment.<\/p>

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Green Fins\u00a0provides the only internationally recognised environmental standards for the diving and snorkelling industry\u00a0and\u00a0has a robust assessment system to measure compliance. Reducing diving and snorkelling-related\u00a0damage to sensitive marine ecosystems, including coral reefs, helps to make them more resilient to other local and wider stressors, such as over fishing or run-off from land containing pollutants and plastic debris as well the impacts from climate change, such as rising sea temperatures.<\/p>\n

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The newly qualified Green Fins assessors, who are now certified to conduct assessments of Green Fins dive centres in Antigua and Barbuda, are Trevor Joseph \u2013 Fisheries Division, Sophia Steele \u2013 Environmental Awareness Group \/ Fauna and Flora International and Akeem Daley \u2013 Ministry of Tourism.\u00a0The dive operators who have already been trained and certified by the Green Fins initiative are:\u00a0Antigua Reef Riders, Dive Carib and Jolly Dive. There has also been significant interest from other operators who have signed the Membership form and are looking forward to their training and assessment.<\/p>

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The implementation of Green Fins in Antigua and Barbuda was made possible through a partnership with\u00a0the ethical cosmetic company\u00a0Caudalie<\/u>, facilitated by the\u00a01% for the Planet movement<\/u>.\u00a0In addition to\u00a0Caudalie helping the environment by dedicating\u00a01% of its global sales to funding reforestation projects, the company has recently released a new reef-safe sunscreen range. By creating a range of sun care products which do not include the harmful chemicals\u00a0Oxybenzone and Octinoxate, Caudalie is helping to increase the resilience of coral in areas of high tourism.<\/p>\n

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JJ Harvey, Director at The Reef-World Foundation, said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have received the funding from Caudalie that now allows us to implement Green Fins in Antigua and Barbuda and ensure the sustainability of both the programme and the marine tourism industry. Tourism has been growing steadily for several years and the government has shown a strong desire to pro-actively protect the country\u2019s coral reefs and marine life through the implementation of Green Fins\u2019 best practices and standards. This funding that now makes expansion into Antigua and Barbuda possible will not only significantly improve the diving and snorkelling industry\u2019s conservation impact in the region but is also a huge step in the global expansion of the Green Fins network.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hon. Charles Fernandez, Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Minister for Tourism and Economic Development, said: \u201cThis is a tremendous opportunity. I really applaud the initiative. I congratulate the fisheries department for collaborating with us. It is very important for tourism but even more it is important for us as a people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vashti Casimir, Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Senior Tourism Officer Responsible for Sustainable Tourism, added: \u201cWe\u2019re hoping that through this programme we\u2019ll have more diving and snorkelling businesses coming on board to ensure the practices across that industry remain environmentally friendly.\u201d<\/p>

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Tricia Lovell, Deputy Chief Fisheries Officer at the Fisheries Division, said: \u201cWe recognise our coral reefs are under a myriad of threats; not just from use but also from larger issues like climate change and so we figured it would be best to look at ways of improving the way we use the system. This week is just the start and a lot can come out of it and benefit the marine environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The funding to implement Green Fins in Antigua and Barbuda has been provided by\u00a0the French cosmetic company Caudalie. The company has recently partnered with Reef-World\u00a0through the 1% for the Planet movement\u00a0thanks to\u00a0consultative advice Caudalie received from PUR Project.<\/p>\n

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