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GREENFORCE
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| Country |
UK
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| Address |
11-15 Betterton Street, Covent Garden
London WC2H 9BP
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| Telephone no. |
0207 470 8888
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| Fax no. |
0207 379 0801
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| E-mail address |
info@greenforce.org
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| Web site |
www.greenforce.org
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| Contact |
Sophie Couch
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| Activities |
4-10 week marine expeditions. Volunteers are taught how to dive under the UNESCO Code of Practice for Scientific Diving and are trained how to identify fish and other sealife from the area. They undertake nine or ten science dives Monday-Friday, a recreational dive on Saturdays, and rest on Sundays. In the Bahamas on a Wednesday afternoon volunteers go into local schools to work on marine conservation awareness programmes with the children. On a Sunday in Fiji volunteers visit the local village where they attend church, have lunch and play sports with the locals.
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| Purpose |
Greenforce is working with the Bahamas National Trust on Andros Island in the Bahamas with the objective of creating 'no take fishing zones' and a marine national park. The camp is situationed right by the third largest reef in the world and these measures will ensure long term protection of the marine life surrounding Andros. In Fiji Greenforce is working with the Wildlife Conservation Society to create a UNESCO Seascape.
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| What do customers do |
See above
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| What sort of people |
Anyone aged 17+ with enthusiasm for what we are doing.
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| Cost: |
£2400 for ten weeks. Those who don't have PADI Advanced or above pay an extra £200 and will get this, plus EFR during the 10 weeks. Four week expeditions are £1500.
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| Where do you operate |
Bahamas, Fiji
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| Other information |
On the Bahamas there is sometimes the opportunity to dive in the 'blue holes' on the island. During the course of the expedition volunteers can do a night dive and a deep dive.
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| Travel Club Links |
ECO TOURS table
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| Last up-dated |
25.04.06 |
