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June/July 2004 3 very last elephant or eat the shark fin. always a section of society who want to shoot the I’m asking for the impossible because there is and natural resources could be balanced but I guess The result is that we are all, more or less, guilty. creating the demand to visit and dive such places. and we, the travelling divers, are as guilty for consequences until the ecosystem can take no more such fragile environments regardless of the agents could be accused of piling in dive tourists to stop with just the dive operators. Some travel business led, profit motivated world but it doesn’t divers and their businesses would go bust. resources then there would be nothing left to attract sucked out the very last drop of island’s on attracting divers to the island until they have can only assume that they would be willing to carry dive operators are not happy with the decision so I the marine life. bound to have a detrimental effect on the island and Such intensive activity on so small an island was understand this should hardly come as a surprise. concentrated tourism and diving. and marine environment recover from decades of 2004. The aim of this is to try and help the island developments on the island and vacate by end of dive operators on Sipadan have to dismantle their Sipadan to close
I wish there was a solution where dive activity This attitude is fairly typical in today’s What concerns me about this news is that the To In May this year it was announced that all the 4 anyone who has visited Sipadan recently I to themselves “What’s the big deal? We are no charge! upload to the server and be available worldwide at laid out in Adobe Pagemaker, since you asked). page and make the final pdf file of UwP19 (which is T server so to prove just that here is a photo of Deb in a few minutes before the Issue is uploaded to UwP is that the deadline for each issue really only you in time. in Tulamben we have been able to get UwP19 out miracles of a laptop computer and an Internet Cafe time UwP19 should be published but with the twin in Indonesia. This meant she would be away at the got an offer to do some research for a future project going well with the production of UwP19 when Deb marketing from Fort Worth, Texas. Everything was and Deb Fugitt handles the website design my base (it’s more of a desk, really) near London Issue of UwP to as good a standard possible from downloading. by how UwP19 has been finalised ready for another amazing thing about the internet is shown distribution costs which helps to keep it free but the internet is that there are no printing and The amazing internet ulamben uploading the files for website. I realise that web site operators will be saying Who said technology isn’t amazing? W Now that I’ve got the photo I can add it to this The other amazing thing about the internet and My responsibilities are to put together each As I am sure you know, the beauty of UwP and ith that done it takes a couple of minutes to Editorial the end of our 3rd year. still available to download and the next Issue will be magazine. It doesn’t get changed, just like a traditional deadlines and when each issue is finished, that’s it. traditional magazine with good old fashioned are in the world”. Well, yes I agree but UwP is a like constantly updating our website from wherever we Where has the time gone? The other benefit is that all Issues of UwP are [email protected] www.mazurypodlodem.prv.pl shipping and any costs. underwater equipment is too expensive for a poor student. I will pay be broken, please send it to me. I will repair and very happy. New It is very expensive for a student. aNikon Coolscan 4000 ED. Nikonos IVa with 35mm and Kodachrome 100 VS - and scanned them on specific, because in winter light is very soft and short lived. underwater plants left in the ice. The underice mazury photography is very the best background to take underwater landscapes with sunset - parts of know that is not much but in Polish conditions it very good). The thin ice is dive in Polish lakes because the water is clean (water visibility 5 to 15meters - I departament. I love to take photos under ice in winter - this time is the best near the Russian border. Any unwanted underwater photo equipment? www.mazurypodlodem.prv.pl [email protected] LUKASZ OLUKE OGANOWSKI Kind regards Plese visit my website - the english version will be soon.... If you have any underwater equipment which is unnecessary to or may There is a very big problem to buy underwater equipment in my country. I attach some samples of my work. took all underwater photos with a I am studying at The Academy of Fine Art in Gdansk - the photography I am a photographer form Poland - north-east Europe region Mazury- Hi E mail W Readers Lives ant to have your say?
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