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KOH TAO'S ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS DESK IS HERE!

September 7, 2010 – Coral Nurseries in Koh Tao

2010 has been an extraordinary year on Koh Tao. Very warm sea temperatures couple with flat, calm seas and intense sunlight has lead to severe stresses on our corals. Most of the coral bleached, a good proportion of them are currently in a state of recovery and unfortunately a few have died. more>>>

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Reef Check

August 26, 2010 – A Busy Month for Reef Check

It has been a busy month for Reef Check Ecodiver courses on Koh Tao with three courses being conducted in the month of August. With increasing demand for environmentally based courses IDCS Nathan Cook has been admirably supported by MSDT Debbie Gottdenker during this busy month.more>>>

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August 22, 2010 – Capturing the Changes

In September this year the Save Koh Tao Group will host the second of their film festivals for Koh Tao this year. The forum has been designed to allow people the opportunity to showcase not only their filmmaking skills but also to highlight the environmental movement on Koh Tao. more>>>

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August 22, 2010 – Mango Bay Snorkelling Lines

Earlier in the year we ventured to Mango Bay to install some floated ropes to mark out the shallow corals in this beautiful bay. The aim was twofold, to protect the shallow corals from boat traffic and to protect the numerous Snorkelers that visit Mango Bay on a daily basis. more>>>

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August 21, 2010 - Our Biggest Clean Up Numbers Yet!!

Our biggest turnout ever for a clean up, at least that was the case on Crystal Dive #2 today. 47 people were on board heading to Sairee to help make a difference on our small island. . more>>>

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ARCHIVES

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JULY
   
July 7
Intro to Eco for DMT’s & IDC Candidates more>>>
July 6
Coral Bleaching Report Koh Tao more>>>
JUNE
   
June 28
Green Rock Gets a New Buoy Line more>>>
June 26
Beautifying Koh Nangyuan more>>>
June 15
Coral Bleaching Report Koh Tao more>>>
MAY
   
May 24
Beach & DIve Site Clean Up - Mae Haad more>>>
May 18
New Moorings in Mango Bay more>>>
May 16
Coral Bleaching - A VERY brief overview more>>>
May 15
Reef Check and Koh Tao's EMP more>>>
APRIL
   
Apr 22
Dive Site Clean Up for Earth Day more>>>
Apr 21
First Marine Resource Management Course for Eco Koh Tao more>>>
Apr 10
Coral Spawning and Capture more>>>
MARCH
   
Mar 21
Koh Tao Festival 2010 more>>>
Mar 17
Eco Education Continue at Crystal Dive more>>>
Mar 7
Cultured Coral Larvae on Koh Tao more>>>
Mar 3
Crystal Dive becomes even MORE Reef Check Savvy more>>>
Feb 27
Beach & Dive Site Clean Up - Chalok Baan Khao more>>>
Feb 18
Busy at Buoyancy World more>>>
Feb 13
Reef Check Ecodiver & Survey more>>>
Feb 09
Buoyancy World goes aquatic...FINALLY!! more>>>
Feb 06
Buoyancy World Begins amongst some Ground Breaking Research more>>>
Jan 30
First Clean Up for the New Year more>>>
Jan 18

January 18 – Abundance Survey for Junkyard Reef

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Jan 14

January 14, 2010 – Biorock Research Continues

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