HEPCA is honored to have been chosen by PERSGA as the implementation partner for this highly significant project, which aims to spread the best practice mooring culture throughout the entire region.
A leading marine conservation organization, The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden(PERSGA), commissioned HEPCA, in cooperation with the Marine Parks Authority of Aqaba, to install a mooring system that covers more than 26 dive spots. The project also encompassed a zoning system for swimmers and watercraft.
A unique collaboration between HEPCA and the dive operators in the area has resulted in the largest mooring system El Quseir has ever seen.
HEPCA launched a yearlong pilot solid waste management project in Hurghada that began in February of 2010. The project encompassed one of Hurghada’s more densely populated districts, the Hadaba district.
The plan reflects the city’s sensitive surrounding ecosystems, its urban structure and its socioeconomic structure.
The South's Solid Waste Management Plan: Collection, Recycle, Disposal.
We believe that the depletion of fish stocks, one of the major global and local marine conservation issues, has been so far poorly addressed in the Red Sea region.
Nuweiba Combined Cycle Power Plant Project
We all rejoice in seeing the industry flourishing, yet prosperity comes hand in hand with certain risks that must be carefully managed – or else, like the proverbial hen who laid golden eggs, the Red Sea could fall victim to its success.
Fight for Giftun: Business Monthly
Die HEPCA (Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association) unterstützt den Gouverneur des Regierungsbezirks Rotes Meer bei einer geplanten Verordnung: Die umweltbelastenden Plastiktüten sollen verschwinden.
The Thistlegorm is just the first step in HEPCA’s “Saving the Red Sea’s Wrecks” campaign, which addresses similarly unsustainable practices throughout the Egyptian Red Sea.
“Environmental issues are new to Egypt,” said Minhem Saeed, an economist at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies.
The Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs is launching a media campaign to enhance its image in the public eye, Amr Aly, managing director of Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA), told Daily News Egypt.
A major Red Sea dive charter operator has pledged to set a strong example over conservation issues after being named and shamed by the respected regional conservation body it helped found.
The latest work on mooring systems laid around the Red Sea’s Thistlegorm wreck was completed in mid-April. The work was carried out by the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) to correct some design faults and damage that had occurred to the system of 32 mooring lines laid around the wreck last December.
When the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) announced it was closing the famed wreck of the SS Thistlegorm for a month from 15 November to 15 December to allow for conservation work to be carried out, there was an uproar from certain quarters of the Egyptian dive industry.
Tth organization responsible for installing dive-boat moorings around the Red Sea’s Thistlegorm wreck has thanked the boat-owners and divers now using the system as required – but has issued an ultimatum to some who are not.
The Thistlegorm reopened for diving in mid December, following what was reported to be a successful operation to help protect the famous Red Sea wreck.
Conservationists have installed new mooring lines on one of the world’s most famous wrecks in a bid to protect the structure.
The Red Sea wreck of the SS Thistlegorm is now open for diving. Following an intense operation, conservation work to preserve this legendary wreck has been extremely successful and finished on 15th December, exactly on schedule.
The decision to close one of the world’s most famous wrecks for one month while preservation work is carried out has been defended by the Hurghada Environmental Protection Conservation Agency (HEPCA).
The managing director of a major Egyptian conservation group has gone on the offensive over dive-boat damage to Red Sea wrecks – and strongly defended the closure of two key attractions to allow wreck conserving mooring systems to be installed.
Thistlegorm: Conservation Work Started.
Further assessment work has been undertaken this week in preparation for the conservation work on the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, which will be undertaken this December by Red Sea NGO, Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA).
One of the world’s most popular wreck sites will be closed to divers for one month while work is done to preserve the structure.
One of the world’s most popular wreck sites will be closed to divers for one month while work is done to preserve the structure. The wreck of the Thistlegorm, which lies in the northern Egyptian Red Sea, will be inaccessible to divers from 15 November to 15 December 2007.
The Red Sea wreck of the SS Thistlegorm will be inaccessible to divers for a period of one month from 15th November till 15th December 2007 whilst urgent conservation measures take place that will help to preserve this historical and legendary wreck for the future.
Environmentalists and business leaders rage against a back-door deal to sell the Giftun Island protectorate.
Environmentalists and business leaders rage against a back-door deal to sell the Giftun Island protectorate to an Italian developer.
Why Sharks Important - Kids Animal Research Project.
Coloring Book - Sea Animals
The Great Fringing Reef of the Egyptian Red Sea is a world-renowned no ordinary coral reef system supporting a huge amount of marine life.
HEPCA is an internationally recognized NGO and a non-profit organization registered in the Red Sea Governorate.
Annual Financial Report 2022
Annual Financial Report 2021
Annual Financial Report 2020
Annual Financial Report 2019.
Red Sea coastal cleanup guide.
Critical Thinking Skills Questions Poster.
Critical Thinking Skills Questions Poster.
Conservation for the Red Sea.
Red sea stellar program.
Public Awareness: Greenpeace Invasion der Ignoranten (DE).
Public Awareness: Divernet Welcome to Hurghada.
The various stakeholders have recognized the importance of conservation for sustainable development, and are taking steps to protect the reefs that provide their bread and butter.
This research examines coral bleaching in the Egyptian Red Sea, driven by climate change. Led by Prof. Mahmoud H. Hanafy and Dr. Mohamed Salem, the study highlights the impact of rising sea temperatures on coral ecosystems. It explores the resilience of Egyptian corals compared to global counterparts, the geographical extent of bleaching, recovery rates, and the ecological and economic importance
This report delves into the Coral Bleaching Event of 2023 on the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea, uncovering its distribution, sensitivity of different coral species, and the potential for recovery. Authored by Prof. Mahmoud H. Hanafy and Dr. Muhammad Y.A. Dosoky, it serves as HEPCA's Periodic Report on Coral Reefs Status.
Make sure you enjoy coral areas responsibly.
Guidelines for bird watching in the Red Sea.
Guidelines for watching dugong in the Red Sea.
On coral Transplantation in the Red Sea.
Guidelines for dolphin watching in the Red Sea.
Guidelines for Turtle watching in the Red Sea.
Guidelines for viewing the Dugong.
Waste management charter (for each individual).
Slates about the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin around Hurghada
Code of conduct for Dolphins Encounter.
List of Dive Centers conducting TurtleWatch surveys (last updated 02/03/2013).
Code of Conduct to enjoy Dolphin encounters
Samadai: The Guide to Samadai.
Samadai: ECS Poster.
Crown of Thorns: COT Survey Form.
Environmentalists demand halt of potential oil drilling project on Red Sea Coast.
Preparing for Climate Change in the Red Sea. Recognizing early impacts through perceptions of dive tourists and dive operators in Egypt.
Oceanic whitetip sharks in the Egyptian Red Sea.
BleachWatch Egypt seeks volunteers for reef monitoring program.
BleachWatch: Monitoring Form. Reef health and impact summary.
BleachWatch is a community based coral reef monitoring program developed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GRBMPA), Australia, during a mass bleaching event in 2002.
Corals and Climate Change: Outcome of Climate Change Mgmt Workshop.
BleachWatch is based on a volunteer network of people who regularly visit the reef and reports on its health.
Climate Change, Coral Reefs, and Tourism in Egypt. Red Sea Marine Program.
Climate Change, Coral Reefs, and Tourism in Egypt. Red Sea Marine Program.
Climate Change, Coral Reefs, and Tourism in Egypt. Red Sea Marine Program.
Symposium on Marine Tourism & Climate Change HurghadaRed Sea, Egypt 1516 June 2009.
Abu Dabab Conservation Initiative.
Non-eco-friendly Dolphin Watch Tours, which are heavily advertised and organized by tour operators in Hurghada endanger the survival of a small local population of Spinner Dolphins in Egyptian waters, located at Shab Samadai Reef near Marsa Alam.
Samadai: SOS Dolphins in Samadai.
Samadai: SOS Delphine in Samadai (Deutche).
Ban on shark fishing in the Egyptian Red Sea !
A recently issued Eyptian decree will finally ban shark fishing in the Red Sea.
The sheltered, sandy bay (Marsa) of Abu Dabab offers many ideal conditions as a dugong habitat, including one of the largest patches of seagrass in the region.
An Egyptian environmental group is resisting plans to extract oil north of Hurghada, in Egypt.
There are new worries about the last southern-Red-Sea stronghold of Egypt’s Sea Cows
There are new worries about the last southern-Red-Sea stronghold of Egypt’s Sea Cows.
Economics and Sustainable Use of Samadai Reef “Dolphin House “Marsa Alam, Red Sea, Egypt.
