Hellenic Association of Friends of Diving Parks
The Chairman of the Board of TRIDENTSTAR, lawyer D. Markatos, was appointed Chairman of the recently instituted by Law 4688/2020 Diving Tourism Council of Greece, while the Vice Chairman of the Board, marine biologist K. Koutsis, as an executive of …..
Read a recent study by the international NGO focused on the protection of the oceans “OCEANA” which reveals that the majority of European Marine Protected Areas are “paper-parks”, without operating management bodies and without providing actual marine environment protection, a …..
Download the study presented by Trident-star in the International Conference in Management of Accessible Underwater, Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites: “Dive in Blue Growth”, Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, 16-18 October 2019.
A new private marine park, the Misool Private Marine Reserve, covering 1.220 sq. kms of marine area, has been founded in Indonesia. The Misool Marine Reserve is leased directly from the local villages while the lease area includes the sea and …..
Read a very interesting study regarding the establishment of an archaeological marine park, open for recreational scuba diving, around the submerged archaeological sites of Pozzuoli and Baiae in Italy, as well as the outstanding results of this move towards the …..
TRIDENTSTAR in close cooperation with “Coralive.org“, a Swiss-based non-profit organization actively involved in coral reef restoration and protection all over the world, as well as the innovative agrotourism enterprise “Blunatura” and the “Blutopia Marine Park” kick-started during August 2016 a …..
New coalition between IUCN, the Nature Conservancy, the Cornell University and the Credit Suisse Bank, launches to scale private conservation investment at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Read the relevant Statement of Intent (2/9/2016).
Establishment of six more archaeological diving parks (Hellenic Government Gazette Issue no.2655/B/2015) in the South Evoikos Gulf in the region of Attica-Greece (01/12/2015).
Download a Cost-Benefit Analysis (in Greek) for the evaluation of an investment project concerning the establishment and operation of a diving park around the “Fleves” islets in the Saronic Gulf, Greece (01/03/2015).
Establishment of another four archaeological diving parks in the North Sporades islands (Hellenic Government Gazette Issue no.119/Β/21-1-2015).