Conservation Diver Foundation
Training the Next Generation of Marine Conservationists
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Coral Reefs are the world's oldest, most productive, and most valuable ecosystems. Unfortunately today they are also the most threatened. Coral Reefs are declining world wide, at a rate of more than 2% per year. With 90% of Caribbean Corals and 50% of the Great Barrier reef already gone, it is obvious that governments are ineffective at solving these problems. Our goal is to empower local communities with evidence based techniques to manage and improve the sustainability of the resources that they depend upon for food, protection, tourism, and other socio-economic benefits. By giving them the training, tools, and a long-term funding mechanisms we hope to bring the same sucess we have had in Thailand to the rest of the world.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Marine Conservation Training and Certifications
We offer a wide range of different courses in various aspects of professional level marine science, protection, restoration and conservation. Our in depth courses include theory, skill development, practical experience, and certifications. By working with local communities we help raise stakeholder capacity to empower them to take control over the resources their community depends upon.
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Our results
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Number of manuals produced
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Academics, Activists, Self-employed people, People of Asian descent, People of Central American descent
Related Program
Marine Conservation Training and Certifications
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We were unable to produce any new manuals during COVID. But will be rolling out 4 manuals in 2022
Number of staff members certified in subject area training
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Academics, Activists, Self-employed people
Related Program
Marine Conservation Training and Certifications
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of training programs created
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Marine Conservation Training and Certifications
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of members from priority population attending training
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Marine Conservation Training and Certifications
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to establish marine conservation and research centers in various locations around the globe where such efforts are currently lacking or have proven unsuccessful. These centers will be run by or will employ local community members and be integrated into community based projects. Through our network of scientists, conservationists, and photographers we hope to create a nexus that will empower local communities to take the sustainability of their enthronement, economy, and culture into their own hands.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We have a series of scientifically based (and proven) techniques that can be implemented in any location where SCUBA diving is possible. These methods and techniques are taught to local reef managers, who then become certified in teaching them. By teaching our courses, not only are the conducting the necessary work, but also raising stakeholder capacity within their community, generating income through Eco-tourism, and creating sustianable revenue through the sale of certification cards.
Conservation Diver provides this turn-key package through our established learning materials, certification cards, group trips, scholarships, and other means.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have published more than 15 courses in marine monitoring, research, and protection. These courses have already trained thousands of students and local community members. Through the operation of these courses we have produced more than 18 peer-reviewed scientific publications to further the science. Out restoration projects have been independently evaluated (Hein, 2020) to be one of the most successful in the world. Through our global network of conservationists we are spreading the word, training others, and facilitating careers int he industry.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have established some of the most successful coral reef research, protection, and restoration programs in the world. Based on the success of our first program, we have now expanded to other areas of Thailand, Indonesia, Nicaragua, and the Azores. We currently have plans to open centers in Madagascar, Hawaii, and the Medeterainian (2021) as well as the Maldives, India, Uganda (2022).
We have developed a wide range of courses to cover every topic, including published manuals for those courses. These courses have not only trained up thousands of students and lead to several Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD theses, but also a long list of peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals.
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Operations
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Conservation Diver Foundation
Board of directorsas of 08/13/2022
Chad Scott
Conservation Diver Foundation
Term: 2019 -
George Bevan
Pau Urgell Plaza
Elouise Haskin
Kirsty Magson
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.