Capacity Building, education and ecotourism

Vital to achieving conservation outcomes is education, awareness, and capacity building at the local level. Oceanwise has a long history of developing and delivering marine environmental education and communication programs, offering technical support to volunteer groups, training initiatives to schools, and outreach activities for the general public to increase awareness of current marine conservation issues, promote environmental literacy and responsible citizenship, improve involvement in conservation projects, repair and manage natural ecosystems, and develop and manage sustainable nature-based ecotourism. Our background technical knowledge, enthusiasm for learning, and advanced skills in communication enable us to deliver highly effective written, print, and visual media communications that appeal to a range of audiences.

ethnobiological surveys

Experiences we draw on include:

  • Tertiary-level training and experience in lectures, lesson planning, and training courses.

  • Delivering public speeches, sound, visual and print media to large international audiences.

  • Developed and delivered immersive and interactive education to thousands of tourists.

  • Contributing unique material and background research for documentaries and other media.

  • Producing numerous field guides for communicating indigenous knowledge and language of marine and coastal biodiversity.

We empower individuals and organizations with the tools and understanding needed to make informed decisions regarding their local environment.

EDucation

Services we provide include:

  • University lectures

  • Public presentations

  • Schools programs

  • Production of field guides for communicating indigenous knowledge and language of marine biodiversity

  • Ethnobotanical and zoological surveys

  • Documentaries

  • Creation and delivery of innovative educational content

  • Provision of informative education for tourists in the marine environment

Ecotourism

Our unique background in both the management and implementation of ecotourism makes us uniquely positioned to provide technical advice and input to growing sustainable ecotourism industries. We have been involved in the implementation of ecotourism programs incorporating:

  • Industry management programs

  • Licencing conditions and fees

  • Wildlife interaction management plans

  • Interaction guidelines and code of conduct

  • Enforcement, impacts

  • Reporting systems and public safety

  • Citizen science programs

  • Annual reporting operator and industry wide

  • Sustainability auditing, planning and implementation

  • Development of ecotourism experiences integrating biological research, education and interpretation

  • Ecotourism accreditation programs

wildlife interactions

We have grown ecotourism products from the ground up having developed experiences integrating biological research with ecotourism, education and interpretation through:

  • Visitor satisfaction surveys

  • Industry marketing strategies

  • Ecotourism accreditation

  • Sustainability reporting

  • Operator insurance, safety, liability, inductions, etc

  • Maritime safety plans, procedures, and emergency evacuation

  • Education and interpretation