Dette projekt tilbydes i samarbejde med organisationen GVI og nedenfor kan du læse deres beskrivelse af programmet:
Get your PADI Advanced Open Water and PADI Reef Ecosystem Diver (RESD) Specialty qualifications while working on critical marine conservation projects. Your research will contribute towards providing data to the local government on various conservation initiatives. Partnerships like these highlight the connection between social, environmental issues, and community development in the islands.
You will contribute towards various conservation-related surveys aimed at providing data to the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (formerly Seychelles National Marine Park Authority – SNPA) and local government on coral reef, fish and invertebrate research and assist with the development of environmental education awareness. You might also undertake marine plastic pollution cleanups both on the land around the base, our neighbouring beaches and across our adopted dive sites.
You’ll spend a large part of your time on this expedition scuba-diving and as such you need to be qualified to at least PADI Open Water or equivalent before joining the program. For non-divers wishing to attend, we can recommend local dive centres that will help you qualify before your intended start date. You can also receive the PADI Reef Ecosystem Diver (RESD) Specialty segment of the PADI Divemaster course. This unique offering by GVI and PADI teaches you about best practices when conducting underwater coral reef surveys. This is offered to participants staying for longer than two weeks on the program.
Activities
Some of the example typical activities you could participate in on this program.
- Fieldwork training
- Identify species and conduct surveys that contribute to data collection efforts and help build an inventory of marine species in Seychelles.
- Support conservation surveys
- Help monitor coral reefs, assess bleaching, coral growth, and engage in invertebrate, fish, seagrass, shark and megafauna surveys.
- Support conservation projects
- Assist with tasks as needed, like seagrass monitoring, marine megafauna sightings, beach cleans, and data entry into citizen science databases.
PADI Advanced Open Water
- Build diving skills with adventure dives: deep water, underwater navigation, buoyancy, underwater naturalist and boat diver.
PADI Emergency First Response
- Learn primary and secondary care theory, practise skills in role-play scenarios to enhance your first aid knowledge and prepare for emergencies.
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