Puerto Rico gives the first Blue Flag to a beach located at a Nature Reserve in the Caribbean. During the 2010-2011 Ceremony, OPAS handed the blue flag to the first nature reserve to obtain this eco-label in the Caribbean.

For the 10th anniversary year of Blue Flag in South Africa, twenty-seven South African beaches have been awarded international Blue Flag status for 2010/11.

The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and Sail Training International have joined forces to promote FEE’s Blue Flag programme to help protect the world’s marine environment.