If you think adventure and conservation cannot go hand in hand as part of your travel package, think again! Reef Check (RC) brings you, the responsible traveler, to places where your travel money can do the most good. This fall 2009, our EcoExpeditions to Baja California, the Center of Global Marine Biodiverisity in the Philippines, exotic Thailand, and our newest site Oman offer you adventure and personal satisfaction at a very reasonable price. During these expeditions you will dive with RC marine scientists and other likeminded divers who make their travel and dives count.
Natividad Island, off the Baja Peninsula in the Mexican Pacific, is surrounded by one of the best preserved kelp forest ecosystems in the California Current, and RC wants you to be one of the first to dive there and see the abundant fish, abalone and lobsters! RC has partnered with the local fishing cooperative and the Mexican NGO Comunidad y Biodiversidad to run the first trip for recreational divers. Diving in Natividad’s thriving marine reserves might only be surpassed by eating the local food. The island’s mystical magic captures travelers transporting them to a peaceful world, in a way that only remote, low-development locations can.
Using a scientifically sound, yet user friendly monitoring procedure, RC volunteers in over 90 countries and territories collect data for better management of reef resources. Economic resources for marine conservation are generally limited compared with the amount of work that needs to be done. RC multiplies efforts and provides marine managers around the world with essential information so they can make informed decisions. Join the effort, sign up for one of these trips today at www.reefcheck.org. Rest assured that your money will benefit the local community, and contribute to the responsible management of the reefs we love to visit in body or mind.
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M. Luna
17575 Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272-2057
T: +1-310-230-2371
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www.reefcheck.org
mluna@reefcheck.org
