Shark and Ray Tourism Guide
Shark and ray tourism is a major draw for scuba divers. Globally the industry has some 376 well-established tourism operations which focus on getting divers in the water with charismatic megafauna and apex elasmobranch species.
But with no guidelines or best practices, it is difficult to regulate the industry and ensure the safety and conservation of animal populations.负责任的鲨鱼和雷旅游:最佳实践指南,是世界上第一个关于鲨鱼和雷旅游运营商的准则。
The Responsible Shark and Ray Tourism Guide was released by Project Aware, WWF, and The Manta Trust, March 3rd, to celebrate World Wildlife Day.The Guide旨在提供实用的,基于科学的指导,以帮助旅游经营者,非政府组织和当地社区开发和维护良好的旅游运营,以帮助保护鲨鱼和射线物种,提高人们对保护的认识并受益于当地社区。
Download full Guide and tools in English –HIGH RES(23MB)-LOW RES(4MB).
What’s cool about this guide is the entire thing is available online for free. Tourism operators can download the guide which includes seven best practice toolkits or choose to download individual toolkits and code of conduct posters.
什么是最佳实践
当潜水操作员选择对环境负责时,他们为客户提供了最佳的体验。最佳实践指南和工具包有助于支持潜水中心,潜水教师和旅游经营者,以改善其业务的教育,安全和可持续性。
虽然单一相互作用可能不会对一个物种产生持久的影响,但潜水后,年复一年地潜水,人类相互作用的影响会改变动物的自然行为,并可能对其健康有害。最佳实践是一组指南,这些准则是对行业最有效,最可持续的途径。在这种情况下,鲨鱼和雷旅游。
使用指南
鲨鱼和射线最佳实践的四个支柱是:最大程度地降低影响,安全,安全地运营,包括当地社区,并具有可持续的改进文化。我们认为第四支柱是最重要的。
实施任何保护策略的第一步是保护环境的热情和文化。为了有所作为,您必须想要它。
Implementing this guide to the fullest involves performance reviews,可持续性认证,以及对研究和当地社区的承诺。该指南可以帮助改造或重新激发您的鲨鱼或射线潜水游览,但需要时间和耐心才能完成。
This guide, however, is flexible offering checklists and example code of conducts, allowing you to tailor best practices for your local environment or country regulations. The code of conduct includes safe surface distances for motorizes vessels and recommendations for human-animal interactions at and below the surface.
The code of conduct guidelines for dive operators including any signage which can be beneficial to upholding best practice standards. You can download all of the animal interaction posters below.
示例海报的完整集合(zip文件1MB)来源Project Aware
负责任的鲨鱼和雷旅游指南包含鲨鱼和雷旅游业务的案例研究,包括采取的行动以及从这些项目中学到的经验教训。详细的指南为潜水操作员提供了许多有用的资源,以使他们的运营安全和可持续性造成区分和承诺。
如果您准备迈出第一步或已经遵循最佳实践指南,那么本指南一定会包含新的见解和实用,基于科学的框架,以帮助管理您的操作。
项目意识是一个全球性的运动of scuba divers protecting our ocean planet – one dive at a time. Focused on the critical issues of Sharks in Peril and Marine Debris, Project AWARE empowers thousands to work together for a clean, healthy and abundant ocean planet.
World Wildlife Federation是最大,最有经验的独立保护组织之一,拥有超过500万个支持者和一个活跃于100多个国家的全球网络。WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
麦塔信托takes a multidisciplinary approach to the worldwide conservation of manta rays and their habitat through conducting robust science and research, while raising awareness and providing education to the public and community stakeholders alike.