There are more than 100 projects in almost 40 countries currently supporting Project Baseline's mission. The results of such efforts are used to build public awareness and support political action. The overarching mission is for participants worldwide to survey and record their local aquatic environments with photos, videos, and data logs that serve as a baseline against which future changes can be measured. GUE is also proud to support its own initiative, Project Baseline. We’ve collaborated on a variety of university projects, such as the coral reef algae documentation and testing for Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and live shipwreck exploration in the Gulf of Mexico for Texas State University's Meadows Center. GUE members support conservation through a variety of affiliates, including Reef Alert Network, Ghost Diving, Reef Check, and Baykeeper. More than 100 locations are regularly documented in approximately 40 countries through GUE’s Project Baseline conservation initiative. Learn more about GUE efforts over the past twenty years with this infographic. There are typically at least 20 projects highlighted each year, but there are many more ongoing exploration, documentation, and conservation initiatives organized by our members.

The exploration and conservation activities within GUE communities are often documented under the direction of, or in cooperation with, various government, university, or nonprofit groups. GUE’s annual project report summarizes some of the most active projects. The resulting training programs were developed to ensure that divers could pursue any interest they had, and as result, some of these divers would support a variety of global diving initiatives designed to explore and conserve the aquatic realm. The formation of GUE evolved from the identified needs of demanding global projects and was crafted by some of the industry’s leading explorers.

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