Doing Good By Michael Thompson
The
Tides of Time
Jaeger-LeCoultre has teamed with UNESCO for eight years to protect the marine treasures on the World Heritage List . The manufacture ’ s involvement includes both financial support and direct , on the ground ( and in the seas ) involvement . The project ’ s goals include protecting the destruction of fragile ecosystems , especially the forty-seven marine sites , threatened by illegal fishing , pollution and unsustainable tourism . With the company ’ s backing , UNESCO has been able to create a global network of marine managers who utilize UNESCO ’ s Marine Program .
Jaeger-LeCoultre ’ s work with UNESCO , called Tides of Time , was the subject of a recent exhibition this past June held at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Miami boutique , where guest speaker Alan Scott , Chief of Resource Education and Interpretation of the Everglades National Park , spoke about these initiatives . Among the projects detailed in the accompanying exhibit was a joint venture at Cocos Island National Park in Costa Rica where surveillance vessels financed by Jaeger-LeCoultre now enable the park to better counter illegal fishing that pillages the oceans of species in danger of extinction . Similarly , at Glacier Bay Na-
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