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Koh Tao, Thailand is at the forefront of scuba diving in South East Asia with thousands of people visiting this island paradise every year to take advantage of the world famous dive sites. As a result the dive sites of Koh Tao have provided a wonderful amphitheatre for the training of millions of divers, whether new divers, eco divers, gap year students, eco internships or recreational divers, but for how much longer. Eco Koh Tao specialises in preparing and instructing divers in the intricacies of the underwater environment with an emphaisis on marine conservation. By providing educational expertise in marine ecology & ecosystems Eco Koh Tao promotes employment opportunities for professional aspirants through extensive Gap Year programs and our Internships. In this age where the environment is changing so rapidly, dive professionals with Ecological expertise will be in increasing demand worldwide. Using world standard methodologies like Reef Check & Coralwatch our marine conservation programs are leading the way to a more educated world of ecodivers where the environement is paramount and our actions help to preserve marine ecosytems rather than diminish them. |
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June 30, 2009 – First Staff Reef Check Course at Crystal Dive One of our aims for a long time has been to get the staff at Crystal Dive and Eco Koh Tao more educated about the marine environment. Many of our participating divers have completed their Reef Check Ecodiver training but there were still many who had yet to delve into the underwater world in any detail. more>>> |
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June 28, 2009 – Monthly Dive Site Clean-Up: Chalok Ban Khao .It was always going to be questionable whether the prevailing southerly breeze was going to give us a nice flat day in Chalok Ban Khao. Thankfully the weather gods smiled on us and Eco Koh Tao and Crystal Dive were able to field 25 people for this months underwater clean up. more>>> |
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June 27, 2009 - Advising and Partnerships with Conservation Professionals: A pathway to success in desired development direction of Koh Tao Over the last two months Eco Koh Tao and Crystal Dive joined together with members of the local community for a series of discussions on Koh Tao’s futuremore>>> |
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June 26, 2009 - Coral Nursery Expands The wind has finally abated and calm conditions have finally returned to the waters off Koh Tao. Eco Koh Tao took this opportunity to continue it’s propagation of coral fragments by setting up some more coral nurseries off Koh Tao. more>>> |
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