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EDA HAS RECEIVED THE PADI 2023 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO OCEAN CONSERVATION AWARD
The Emirates Diving Association (EDA) received the PADI 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Ocean Conservation award for empowering communities in the UAE to take action for ocean conservation. “EDA is playing a major part to facilitate a course of action for the UAE scuba diving communities, this goes in line with PADI Pillar 1 – Ocean Conservation” says Firas Jundi, Regional Manager of Middle East for PADI. “Inspired by the diver in the PADI logo and our legacy ethos to protect the underwater world, we created the PADI Torchbearer Community as a way to mobilise millions of divers – and anyone with the desire to explore and protect the ocean – to take collective action for the ocean above and below the surface. We thank EDA for actively pursuing a course of action to address ocean challenges by engaging local communities to protect the ocean.”
