{"id":6089,"date":"2019-10-23T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:37","slug":"protecting-egypts-colourful-coral-reefs-with-green-fins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/23\/protecting-egypts-colourful-coral-reefs-with-green-fins\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Egypt\u2019s Colourful Coral Reefs With Green Fins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By the UN Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nReef-World Foundation\u2014the international coordinator of the UN Environment Programme\u2019s\n(UNEP) Green Fins initiative\u2014has just announced the launch of Green Fins Egypt,\nthe programme\u2019s eleventh country worldwide, in partnership with the Chamber of\nDiving and Watersports. We spoke with Chloe Harvey about the launch of Green\nFins Egypt and what this means for the protection of coral reefs in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a strong and growing demand for Green Fins around the world\u2014why was Egypt chosen as the initiative\u2019s latest destination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Egypt is both a popular diving destination\u2014with approximately 500 businesses providing diving and snorkelling activities in the Red Sea and an estimated 3 million divers and snorkellers visiting the region each year\u2014and one with a spectacular marine environment. Its warm, clear waters, healthy coral reefs and abundant marine life draw tourists from around the world. Ensuring the Red Sea\u2019s exquisite marine life is protected and preserved for future generations is crucial to the sustainability of the region\u2019s tourism. As such, the implementation of Green Fins environmental standards is one element of the Chamber of Diving and Watersports\u2019 ambitious action plan to strengthen sustainability within the marine tourism sector across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/protecting-egypts-colourful-coral-reefs-green-fins\">Read more>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the UN Environment The Reef-World Foundation\u2014the international coordinator of the UN Environment Programme\u2019s (UNEP) Green Fins initiative\u2014has just announced the launch of Green Fins Egypt, the programme\u2019s eleventh country&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}