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Cleaning Up Our Oceans - Monitoring and managing marine debris with the Reef Check volunteer programWebsite/ReportCleaning Up Our Oceans - Monitoring and managing marine debris with the Reef Check volunteer program
Project leadPartnershipsTangaroa Blue
Healthy Waterways Turtles in Trouble and Wild Mob Sea Turtle Foundation Great Sandy Marine Park Industries(not documented)
ActivitiesOn-ground work
Case study type(none)
Funding sourceEveryone’s Environment Grants - Round 1
Funding amount$39,475
In-kind contribution(not documented)
Start date8 April 2013
End date(not documented)
SummaryThe project aims to engage trained SCUBA volunteers to undertake 22 reef health monitoring surveys. Four collaborative underwater and coastal clean-ups will also be conducted with all data supplied to Tangaroa Blue.
BenefitsThe project fills gaps in community knowledge and action on marine monitoring and clean-ups. While coastal clean-ups can demonstrate rubbish that is being left or washed up on beaches, trained volunteer divers are able to monitor and remove debris under the water that is often ‘out of sight, out of mind’ and help gauge communities to address the issue on land.
Lesson(not documented)
Reference ID120172
Last updated: 16 May 2015 This page should be cited as: Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Cleaning Up Our Oceans - Monitoring and managing marine debris with the Reef Check volunteer program, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/cleaning-up-our-oceans-monitoring-and-managing-marine-debris-with-the-reef-check-ab8f/ |