Green Fins Hub:
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), along with the UK-based charity Reef-World Foundation, launched the Green Fins Hub.
- Green Fins Hub is a global digital platform for diving and snorkeling operators worldwide.
- Green Fins is a proven conservation management approach implemented internationally by The Reef-World Foundation and the UNEP which leads to a measurable reduction in the negative environmental impacts associated with marine tourism.
- Originally established in Thailand in 2004, the Green Fins approach is a tool for supporting adoption and implementation of best practices in the diving and snorkeling tourism industry.
- It aims to protect coral reefs through environment-friendly guidelines promoting sustainable diving and snorkelling.
- It provides the only internationally recognised environmental standards for marine tourism and its robust assessment system measures compliance.
Green Fins Hub:
- The Green Fins Hub is the first-ever global marine tourism industry platform.
- It would give sustainable marine tourism a ‘major boost’.
- It is expected to scale up to reach a potential 30,000 operators worldwide from about 700 operators across 14 countries.
