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Welcome to the Reef Check Europe web site

Coral reefs are the "rainforests of the sea," an incredible biodiversity reservoir. They provide food for 100 million coastal peoples, are a major attraction for millions of tourists, protect coastlines and are a source of new medicines. Sadly, reefs are facing an unprecedented crisis due to overfishing, blast and poison fishing, sedimentation, global warming and pollution. About 16% have been lost in the last five years alone, with another 27% severely threatened. Reef Check is one solution to the coral reef crisis. With your help, we can save the reefs.

 

Marsa Shagra Februar 2010

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Annual Report of RSDS Reef Monitoring Programme

STEPHAN MOLDZIO, REEF CHECK TEAM SCIENTIST & ECODIVER TRAINER

Red Sea Diving Safari is a long time pioneer in ecologically sustainable diving tourism in Egypt. Hossam Helmy (Owner of RSDS and member of the Advisory Board of HEPCA) stated in "The Eco Diving Adventure, 20 years of adventure 1990 – 2010” that “…the region of the southern Red Sea offers immense potential for a tourism model that is both culture and nature based. Our vision for the south is a destination that can be associated with cultural and environmental awareness.”

Since 2009 REEF CHECK and RSDS have aligned themselves with the goal of better protecting the famous reefs of the southern Red Sea.

Our first REEF CHECK course and survey was conducted in February 2009 and our team has now grown to 12 certified EcoDivers. Participants came from all over the world including: Egypt, Mexico, USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and Denmark. Now, we want to catch the opportunity to review the last year:

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Spiegel Online 29.4.2010

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Ökotourismus am Roten Meer
Weniger Taucher, mehr Riff
Von Linus Geschke
Fotostrecke: 10 Bilder
Lutz Hoffmann
Das Rote Meer hat unter Tauchern keinen guten Ruf. Zu voll ist es oft an den beliebten Spots, die Riffe leiden unter unvorsichtigen Sportlern. Doch es gibt auch Tauchbasen in Ägypten, die auf Umweltverträglichkeit achten. Der Lohn: mehr Fisch- als Tauchflossen vor der Maske.

SPIEGEL Online-Artikel
29.4.2010

Ökotourismus am Roten Meer

Weniger Taucher, mehr Riff
Von Linus Geschke

Das Rote Meer hat unter Tauchern keinen guten Ruf. Zu voll ist es oft an den beliebten Spots, die Riffe leiden unter unvorsichtigen Sportlern. Doch es gibt auch Tauchbasen in Ägypten, die auf Umweltverträglichkeit achten. Der Lohn: mehr Fisch- als Tauchflossen vor der Maske.

Zum Artikel auf SPIEGEL Online

Die Reef Check-Studie zur El Quadim-Bucht kann hier heruntergeladen werden.

 

ZDF Abenteuer Wissen am 26.05.2010

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Bedrohte Unterwasserwelten

Taucher an einem Korallenriff. Quelle: dpa

Korallenriffe spielen eine wichtige Rolle in der Meeresökologie, weil sie Kohlendioxid binden, als Ressourcen für Arzneimittel dienen und die Küsten vor Erosion und starker Brandung schützen. Mit Bericht über Reef Check beim Red Sea Environment Center in Dahab, Sinai

Gesamte Sendung in der ZDF-Mediathek

 

Reef Monitoring Dahab 2010

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Reef Monitoring Quseir

diver reef monitoring

-> 15.07.-12.08.2010

V o l u n t e e r s__ w a n t e d!

In cooperation with REEF CHECK Europe, the Red Sea Environmental Centre (RSEC) in Dahab, South Sinai, initiated a reef monitoring programme with approval from the National Parks' authority (Nature Conservation Sector / Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency). The RSEC in Dahab has designed a reef-monitoring programme based on an extension of the standard Reef Check procedure. The aim of the extended Protocol is to provide more well defined data describing the status of coral reef health with respect to anthropogenic and natural impacts.

Find more information at:

Red Sea Environmental Centre
 
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