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The primary mission of GIBS is to:
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- Central to the purpose of GIBS is the promotion or
christian stewardship of the created order on the Earth in light of
declining biodiversity, ongoing climate change, the lack of sustainable
utilization of natural resources, as well as to uphold such stewardship
for the goal of glorifying God, who is the Creator and Sustainer of the
Earth.
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- Promote
public awareness of the influence of man’s unwise exploitive activities
in the seas around us and take actions to reduce, and eventually
curtail these human mismanagement that contributed to the rapid and
significant environmental deterioration in the past few decades.
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- Focus on selected marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, deep-sea, pelagic ecosystems, seamounts and deep-sea coral habitats.
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- Organize
symposia, public forum, town meetings and special seminars with
prominent speakers and centers around the concept of bring together all
stake-holders of the environment and ecosystems with an open mind with
an “all inclusive, not exclusive” policy and approach.
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- Collaborate with other NGOs (eg.
Environmental Defense, Deep-Sea Conservation Coalition) and governments (local,
state, regional, national and international, including faith based management of natural sources).
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- With the dwindling fisheries in the coast
and shelf (sadly), GIBS's mission includes wise
use of our natural resources with particular
emphasis on SUSTAINABILITY (staying within the
boundaries of fisheries laws and regulations)
whether it entails bill fish, Tuna, Sharks,
Orange Roughy on seamounts or Snapper-Grouper
species in shelf cold coral reefs.
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