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DON’T BIN IT – BAN IT!
	21 April 2008 Following the publication of the UK-based Marine Conservation Society’s annual Beach Litter Survey Report, earthdive founder Chris Long joined in the call to outlaw the use of plastic bags

BAD NEWS TOMORROW IS TODAY’S FISH AND CHIPS
	18 April 2008 Our oceans are soaking up less carbon dioxide (CO2), a development that could speed up the greenhouse effect and have an impact for the next 1,500 years, scientists claimed on Wednesday. Is illegal fishing a contributing factor, asks earthdive.

UNILEVER – SAVING SHARKS?
	30 January 2008 earthdive has recently discovered that Unilever, a multinational company with a global portfolio of food, personal care and household products, has decided to remove shark squalene from its cosmetic brands, including major seller’s such as Pond’s and Dove

Bagging Marine Debris
	13 December 2007 According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA - USA), marine debris “injures and kills marine life, interferes with navigation safety, has adverse economic impacts to shipping and coastal industries, and poses a threat to human health”

An Act of 'Obcene Barbarity'
	26 November 2007 As the Japanese whaling fleet left its home port of Shimonoseki, heading for the Southern Ocean, earthdive founder Chris Long described the planned killing of over 1,000 whales as ‘an act of obscene barbarity...

EARTHDIVE AND GOOGLE - SAVING THE WORLD’S OCEANS
	27 April 2007 EARTHDIVE, the web-based ‘citizen science’ project that is building a baseline map of the state of the world’s oceans, has integrated Google Earth into its observational mapping systems at www.earthdive.com

Is Sir Bob playing the wrong tune?
	01 July 2005 London, 1st July 2005 - “The African continent is dying”, says Sir Bob Geldof. “But so is 70% of our planet”, says earthdive “and unless we all start taking responsibility for our unsustainable actions, then all the G8 leaders can do next week, is put another Band Aid on our world for now”.

50 Countries Join UNEP-WCMC ‘Citizen Science’ Programme
	18 November 2004 London 18th November 2004 - Individuals from 50 countries have already joined UNEP-WCMC’s revolutionary Citizen Science Programme. The project has attracted divers and snorkellers from Aruba to Austria and from Panama to the Philippines" said earthdive’s Founder and Director, Chris Long. "In just 3 months earthdive has already become a global project".

Calling All Divers to a New Conservation Cause
	26 July 2004 Cambridge/Nairobi, 27 July 2004 – Snorkellers and scuba divers across the globe are being enlisted to help save the world’s oceans and seas. A new initiative, called earthdive, is being launched in which professional and amateur divers are being urged to record the health of the marine environment including coral reefs, mangrove swamps and coastal waters.