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Coral Reef Competition Winner announced
Biosphere Expeditions, the Marine Conservation Society and Reef Check recently ran a global competition for a place on a coral reef citizen science expedition in the Maldives, Malaysia or Musandam (Oman). Several hundred entries were received and the winner was Kelsey Koch, from the USA, who chose the Maldives expedition as his destination.
Dr Matthias Hammer said that Kelsey won the prize because he was able to show most convincingly that he would be an enthusiastic and capable contributor to the expedition. “He deserves the chance to join in as he showed real commitment to ocean conservation. It will be a life-changing experience for him”.
Kelsey said he could not “thank you guys enough, nor fully describe how excited I am to take part in this expedition. Thank you all so much for selecting me!”
Given the success of the competition and the number of entries received, the partners have decided to repeat the competition again. It has just gone up online again on www.biosphere-expeditions.org/competition and the winner can select freely from Biosphere Expeditions’ reef diving expeditions to Musandam (Oman), the Maldives, or Tioman Island (Malaysia).
Entrants have two options of putting in an application. Either send an essay (max. 100 words) or a video clip (max. 1 minute), which you can easily create yourself (for example using the movie setting of your digital camera) and upload to a video sharing site such as YouTube.
Dr Hammer says that it really is simple, and not at all time-consuming to enter: “Our competition is not a talent show event where you need to sing, dance, dress up or otherwise make a fool out of yourself. We would like to get to know you as much as possible, so just be yourself and show us how committed to ocean conservation you are!”
Full entry details and rules can be found at http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/competition
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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