At Fatum we are aware that the surfing industry as it stand is far from being environmental friendly; so we try to balance this by creating infra-structures and develop activities in order to conserve, protect and care about nature.
We have some policies and new materials that will be implemented and installed at the factory to achieve a high sustainability of processing and manufacturing surfboards, besides this, we also support and take part of organizations whom efforts are pivotal in the world we live in.

PRETOMA is such an example. Via Thomas Lange Fatum is collaborating with this Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in order to protect our oceans.

PRETOMA is a Costa Rican non-profit NGO founded in 1997. It is a marine conservation and research organization working to protect ocean resources and promote sustainable fisheries policies in Costa Rica and Central America.
Marine conservation is in Costa Rica very far behind land conservation here, and furthermore, many of the positive laws and regulations that do exist go unenforced.

PRETOMA directs their efforts in the following categories:

1. Direct in the field conservation projects
2. Research and outreach onboard commercial fishing vessels
3. Public awareness and education
4. Litigation and policy advocacy

Pay them a visit at www.pretoma.org

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