AWARE - Our World, Our Water

We all depend on Earth’s ocean, lakes, rivers and streams. Not only for water – but for life. AWARE – Our World, Our Water speaks about serious problems facing today’s underwater environments and explains how implementing simple solutions can help protect them. In these pages you’ll discover the ocean’s most spectacular environments, from tropical coral reefs to polar habitats. You’ll explore the world’s most highly threatened aquatic regions, and learn how scuba divers and every day water enthusiasts contribute to conservation worldwide. AWARE – Our World, Our Water is a resource for your next scuba diving course or for anyone hoping to better understand and preserve aquatic life. Partial proceeds support underwater conservation through Project AWARE Foundation, helping implement beach and underwater cleanup projects, coral reef conservation programs, shark research and education and improved resource management worldwide. Project AWARE Foundation, a registered nonprofit organization, partners with divers and water enthusiasts to conserve underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Project AWARE Headquarters in the United States and offices is Australia, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Japan combine efforts to protect aquatic resources in 180 countries and territories of the world. For more information on Project AWARE’s environmental initiatives and to get involved locally visit www.projectaware.org.