LINKS
Worldwide Dive & Sail
Liveaboard diving and sailing around Southeast Asia. Thailand: Similan and Surin Islands, Koh Tao, Phuket Indonesia: Komodo Marine Park, Moyo and Satonda Islands India: Andaman Islands. Burma: Burma Banks and Mergui Archipelago
BSAC
British Sub Aqua Club. The worlds largest dive club. Offering training and local dive clubs.
Project Aware
Conserving underwater environments through education, adovacy and action.
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Investigating violations, enforcing laws, protecting marine wildlife worldwide.
The Shark Trust
The Shark Trust promotes the study, management and conservation of sharks, skates and rays. The Shark Trust is the UK member of the European Elasmobranch Association. As such, it collaborates with other national member bodies to achieve their aims in British, European and international waters. The Trust aims to join forces with other groups concerned with shark, skate and ray conservation issues. These include commercial fisherman, recreational sea anglers, divers, yachtsmen, and all those who want to ensure the future survival of these fascinating but threatened animals.
Bite Back
Formed in 2002, Bite-Back continues to be the UK's only organisation dedicated to the protection of sharks by reducing consumer demand for its meat and fins. With the law of supply and demand at its cornerstone, Bite-Back works together with restaurants, fishmongers and retailers to remove shark products from menus and fish counters, effectively lowering the trade in this threatened species.
Shark Alliance
The Shark Alliance is a not-for-profit coalition of non-governmental organizations dedicated to restoring and conserving shark populations by improving European fishing policy. Because of the influence of Europe in global fisheries and the importance of sharks in ocean ecosystems, these efforts have the potential to enhance the health of the marine environment in Europe and around the world.
Darwin Foundation
To provide knowledge and support to ensure the conservation of the environment and bio diversity of the archipelago of Galapagos through scientific research and complementary actions.
WWF
The world's largest and most experienced independent conservation organistaion.
Surfers Against Sewage
Surfers Against Sewage campaign for clean, safe recreational waters, free from sewage effluents, toxic chemicals and nuclear waste. Using a solution based argument of viable and sustainable alternatives, SAS highlight the inherent flaws in current practices, attitudes and legislation, challenging industry, legislators and politicians to end their 'pump and dump' policies.
Ocean Futures
The mission of Ocean Futures Society is to explore our global ocean, inspiring and educating people throughout the world to act responsibly for its protection, documenting the critical connection between humanity and nature, and celebrating the ocean's vital importance to the survival of all life on our planet.
Born Free Foundation
Our major international projects are devoted to animal welfare, conservation and education, and protect lions, elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, tigers, polar bears, wolves, dolphins, turtles, sharks and lots more. Through our Global Initiatives project we respond to emergency situations worldwide, participate in international coalitions such as the Species Survival Network, run the People & Wildlife project with Oxford University’s WildCru* department, and much much more.
Marine Connection
The Marine Connection - working globally for the welfare and conservation of all cetaceans.
British Divers Marine Life Rescue
On standby to respond to any marine disaster or marine mammal stranding anywhere in the UK.
Wild Aid
ACAP is the only communications campaign in existence proven to effectively address the demand for illegal wildlife products. Since 1996, ACAP has been working with governments, celebrities, media and other partners to reduce consumer demand for threatened wildlife products globally. In addition to reaching up to 1 billion people per week with celebrity-driven consumer messaging, ACAP works behind the scenes in schools and colleges, with politicians and local communities to create a new generation of wildlife conservationists.
International Fund For Animal Welfare
IFAW engage communities, government leaders, and like-minded organizations around the world and achieve lasting solutions to pressing animal welfare and conservation challenges-solutions that benefit both animals and people. Over the years, our approach has been as varied as the species we protect.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
The global voice for the protection of whales, dolphins and the environment.
Blue Venture
Blue Ventures is an award winning not-for-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating projects and expeditions that enhance global marine conservation and research.
Global Vision International
GVI is a non-political, non-religious organisation, which through its alliance with aid-reliant organisations throughout the world provides opportunities to volunteers to fill a critical void in the fields of environmental research, conservation, education and community development.
Frontier
Frontier projects entail rigorous, “hands-on” fieldwork, benefiting endangered tropical wildlife and their ecosystems and directly assisting developing countries rich in biodiversity but poor in the capacity to manage natural resources. Frontier projects advance field research and implement projects that will help conserve biodiversity and help develop sustainable livelihoods.
Earthwatch
Earthwatch is a diverse community of scientists, educators, students, businesspeople, and resolute explorers who work together to get the fullest benefit from scientific expeditions. In addition to 150 dedicated staff in the United States, England, Australia, and Japan, Earthwatch supports more than 130 scientists each year and builds networks of hundreds of students and teachers. The Earthwatch community also includes 20,000 global members, 4,000 eager volunteers each year, 50 collaborating conservation organisations, and 50 corporate partners, all of who work together to make a difference.
Raleigh International
Raleigh International is a charity committed to the personal growth and development of young people from all nationalities and backgrounds, including disadvantaged and "at risk". Founded in 1984 our overseas and UK programmes are designed to help young people develop skills and self-confidence in a fun and challenging environment beyond the classroom and workplace.
The British Society Of Underwater Photographers
The largest underwater photographic society in Britain.
Dive Photo Guide
Free access to breaking news in the world of underwater photography, underwater video, diving and marine conservation, centralized calendars of international underwater photo or video competitions, and photo galleries from the top pros in the world.
Bitten By Sharks
Prophotogaphers Claudia and Leon have honed their skills amongst the world's top underwater photographers. Their images have been published in a variety of media around the globe, and their footage has been broadcast on several major networks. Now based in South Africa, they continue to host 'Bittenbysharks' expeditions for aspiring underwater photographers, while continuing to provide articles and imagery for magazines and television.
Howies Clothing
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Sea Star Watersports
British Managed since 1988 and Jordan's First 5-Star Instructor Development Centre (IDC). Experience the dive of a lifetime in one of the top diving locations in the world The Red Sea!
Dive Solutions
Dive Solutions is London's most active and friendly school and club. We are a PADI 5* IDC Centre offering a high level of instruction in all levels of PADI courses from total beginner through to instructor level.
Dive It, Share It.
Free online global scuba diving community allowing you to log your dives and upload your images.
London Diving Chamber
The London Diving Chamber, a Hyperbaric decompression chamber offering NHS funded recompression to divers with Decompression Sickness (DCS) together with other Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) treatments. London Diving Chamber specialises in Diving Medicine and provides a 24 hour clinic with everything a diver could need from a medical facility.
Oonas Divers
Oonasdivers, Britain’s longest established holiday dive company, is run by an enthusiastic team with intimate knowledge of all our locations. Over the past 20 years, we have gained a reputation for providing first class diving tours whilst building long term relationships with our clients. We aim to provide a personal service, committed to giving you the very best diving, one of the reasons so many of our adventure seeking divers return to us year after year.
London Diver Magazine
A new free quarterly dive magazine available from London dive shops now!
Scuba Addicts
Experience the very best diving the Southern Africa has to offer. Small fully guided dive and safari tours.
Blueotwo
UK Tour Operator specialising in Scuba Diving holidays and Red Sea Diving Liveaboards.
Aqua Firma
Best of Above & Below Water Aqua-Firma specialises in World class diving and snorkelling combined with equally inspiring travel on land. Combinations include diving the Galapagos + the best of the Andes to Amazon; diving in East Africa + Wilderness Safaris; diving in Cocos + the near shore dives sites, rainforests and volcanoes of Costa Rica; and other combinations from Borneo to the Polar regions. Close Encounters – Deeper Insights Aqua-Firma also offers a series of expert-led diving and snorkelling experiences which provide insights into marine science, conservation and underwater photography, such as our Whale Shark tagging expeditions to the Seychelles.
Tribe Wanted
Tribewanted is both an online and real island community. The aim of Tribewanted is to build a simple sustainable village on Vorovoro Island and a buzzing online community. When you join the tribe you can choose when you visit Vorovoro and, unlike any other adventure holiday, you can take part in the project online before and after your island stay. Tribewanted.com launched on April 3rd 2006 and the tribe’s ‘first footers’ landed on Vorovoro on September 1st 2006 for the start of a three-year adventure.