Reef Check

WWF Hong Kong Reef Check 2008

	© Joe Cho

Reef Check is the largest international coral reef monitoring program involving recreational divers and marine scientists, and WWF has been participating in an annual event in Hong Kong since 1998. The objectives are to raise public awareness about the value of coral reefs, the threats to their health and the solutions to these problems; and to obtain data on coral reef status in order to allow them to be managed on a local and regional scale. WWF and our scientists have been monitoring the coral communities at Moon Island, Hoi Ha Wan since 1997.

The Hong Kong Reef Check, organized by the Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department (AFCD) and Reef Check Foundation since 2000, is scheduled to be held between July and September this year. This year WWF invites 8-12 recreational divers to form the WWF Reef Check team and undertakes an underwater survey on the coral habitat in Hong Kong. A basic training on underwater biological survey will be provided.

	© Joe Cho

WWF is again forming a team to participate in the Hong Kong Reef Check 2008 and the details are shown as follows.

If you are a certified scuba diver and wish to join the WWF Reef Check team to protect our marine environment, please fill in the online application form or fax it to 2845 2764 (attn: Miss Li Hiu Yan, Assistant Marine Conservation Officer). Please act soon!

Deadline of application: 15 August 2008