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EAST ASIA
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
By Bonnie Waycott
Japan’s Yakushima World
Heritage Site is not only a lush
paradise on land; life is also
flourishing in the waters off
its coast
Find Alert Diver facing
page 64, packed with
essential information
from the Divers Alert
Network Asia-Pacific –
the experts in dive
safety, training and
accident management
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OCEAN WATCH 14
APROPOS OF APO… 52
By Steve De Neef
From rubble to reef in the
Philippines: an island goes
from marine devastation to
world-class dive destination
FINNING GREEN
By Chloe Harvey
On the green accreditation for
dive operators that has come
from nowhere and is set to
change the industry
COME FLY WITH ME 22
Is it possible to jet off on farflung underwater adventures
without racking up the carbon
footprint?
SIXTEEN OF THE BEST
ECO RESORTS IN ASIA
PACIFIC 24
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For some of the world’s best
diving, why not dive with the
people who are making every
effort to keep it that way?
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PLACES OF PLENTY 36
A selection of the hundreds
of marine protected areas
(MPAs) in Asia Pacific, which,
as divers, we should have on
our radars
SOUTHEAST ASIA
HOW NOW KOH TAO?
By Alex Tyrrell
The scuba community on
one of the world’s most dived
islands is stepping up and
setting an example
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DESIGNING CHANGE
By Floris Van De Marel and Killian
Poolmans
Transforming green intentions
into actions could be as easy
as reframing the issues
DIVE LIKE A BOSS 20
By Alex Griffin
Time to check ourselves before
we wreck… the reefs
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OCEANIA
COLLABORATIVE
CONSERVATION IN KIMBE
By Justin Gilligan
How a community rallied
around a dive operator and
set a standard for grass-roots
conservation
AUSTRALASIA
REEF IN DANGER
By Judith Lowe
The iconic Great Barrier Reef
is in crisis, but could declaring
the danger be the key to its
salvation?
BRIEFING 8
BUYER’S GUIDE 10
XTRAORDINARY DIVES 16