The World Conservation and Wildlife Trust (WCWT, also known as Respect Honour Nature or the World Oceanic Conservation Trust) was set up by three inspired British Teens, determined to raise awareness about how serious climate change is and to set up and fundraise for varied conservation projects. The W.C.W.T organise projects to raise awareness and to help combat climate change via reaching the younger generation. Recently we have been working with the W.W.F, R.S.P.B, EIA and Dakini Media to help save rainforests, save tigers, save coral reefs and biodiversity so far having raised over £22,000. In the year of the tiger we were involved in a project which made a Phenomenal £120,000 to the plight of the tigers alongside Dakini Media and the EIA. Now we are looking at oceanic conservation, having laumched our Marine Conservation project this September (2011) which will run through until November 2012 where we will launch our final film of two (our first film created around the UK coastline with professional underwater photographers is below) on the destruction of our seas and the beauty that lies underneath the waves.
Saving Nemo- Oceanic Conservation Project
I am writing to you today to discuss the W.C.W.T's* new and vital conservation project. It is that of one of the least addressed issues facing our society, the destruction of the aquatic ecological systems. In today’s society the general stereotype of the sea includes fishing, sailing, water sports and generally mucking about on boats. However beneath this shallow description there is a complex and terrifying issue overlooked by a large percentage of the population and wildlife conservation charities. This includes the destruction of the kelp forests and the devastating effects of climate change on the coral reef (vital for all aquatic ecosystems). Nicknamed "saving nemo", the project will be documentation on the ecological cycles and systems in various tropical and non-tropical oceanic areas around the world, listing, analysing and comparing vital data using aquatic biological methods created and mapped by Jacques Cousteau, which will give oversight on the harrowing effects climate change poses to our oceanic biodiversity. We will be creating a documentary/short film on our work and findings and will publish a full topic review and paper during the process describing the differences and data discovered. The information collected will be contrasted to figures compiled 20 years ago by marine experts in 4 devoted dive sites and recording areas (South-west England, South East England, Italy/Mediterranean and Thailand). The evidence will prove links between Climate Change (as well as other minor catalysts) and the endangerment and extinction of Aquatic ecosystems. We are working with a Documentary and Short Film company to film the project underwater and above, a team of dedicated marine biologists to determine key factors and gather relevant information, local guides and the local inhabitants to discover how the sea operates. A key point of the project is to create an awareness base and to discover community projects to help respect and aide the environment in the local areas we visit which we will be funding following the launch of the campaign and documentary/short film. We are going to use the short film/documentary to look at how the local people, specifically the younger generation, have lived alongside the sea for generations, conveying how the serious effects of climate destroying the coral reefs impact on their day to day lives. Taking away their livelihood, causing a straining effect of pollution to their reefs and destroying traditional rituals and the respect locals bear for the sea. As we seek investment for this project, we describe how we can truly make a short film that would change the way people throughout the rest of the world can see how these countries depend on the sea and how by destroying it we are simply destroying their culture and their day to day lives. The money raised from the campaign backed by the short film which will be launched soon after the expedition has completed its task, will be donated directly to the local projects to help change lives. We see it through the eyes of the younger generation and we believe we can do something that no other has done before.