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Technical Webinar: “HKIE MMNC X HKU Marine Conservation 4th Session – Coral Conservation”
 


Date, time & venue

2021-02-19;7:30pm to 8:30pm;Online Webinar by Zoom

In this webinar, we are grateful to invite Miss Tiffany Fung, Research Assistant from The University of Hong Kong, to be our speaker for “HKIE MMNC X HKU Marine Conservation 4th Session – Coral Conservation”, this is also the last one session of this series.  Through the series of webinar, HKIE MMNC division would like to widen our member’s knowledge of Marine Conservation so as to be aware of importance of environmental protection.

Corals Rock! But They Aren’t Rocks
Hong Kong is often overlooked as a diving destination, with rocks, mudflats, and sandy bottoms. But take another look, because Hong Kong is home to more than 100 species of coral! Hong Kong is at the edge of several different types of marine habitats, and is home to a huge diversity of marine life in this small area. Yet Hong Kong marine life, while hardy, have been facing increased pressures from development and pollution that threaten many of their survival. Let’s discuss coral conservation in Hong Kong, and what we can do, as divers, to help.

Speaker
Academic background
During Miss Tiffany Fung’s undergraduate, she was supervised by Dr. Ang Put for her final year project about the evaluation of conservation effectiveness of Tung Ping Chau Marine Park through fish diversity and biomass.

For her first degree, she majored in Biology and graduated from CUHK in 2018. She graduated from the Master of Science in Environmental Management in HKU in 2020.

Currently, she is working as a research assistant to continue a project started in master. Cooperating with different professions ( Dr. Billy Hau, [HKU], Prof. Yvonne Sadovy [HKU], Dr. Baker [HKU], Dr. Not [HKU], Dr. Rajan [HKU], Stanley Shea [Bloom Association] & Mr. CK Lee [EPD]), this project aims at launching a marine conservation course for Hong Kong divers about 4 topics: Overfishing, Microplastic Pollution, Ocean Acidification & Coral Conservation.

Working experience
Non-marine conservation
She was a teacher in Achievers Tracks to teach science for 4 years in different primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong.

Marine conservation
She was involved in assisting surveys of different projects, such as the Hong Kong freshwater shrimp and mangrove crab conservation genetic project. She had experience working in different foreign marine conservation organizations, such as AIMM (marine mammals researcher), and Blue Corner Marine Conservation (coral conservationists).

Award
Participated in a Dugong conservation project in the Philippines through OPCF and was awarded the Best Conservationist Award of USSP in Wildlife Conservation 2017-2018.

Others
She is a rescue diver who is passionate about the marine and also other extreme sports. She has a vision to spread the message of marine conservation among the Hong Kong diving community so they can become one of the strongest powers to conserve our marine.

Language
Cantonese with English Presentation Material

Registration & Enquiries
This seminar is free of charge and prior registration is required.  The number of participants is limited to 150. Applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis with priority given to members of MMNC Division. Only on-line registration via MMNC divisional website http://mc.hkie.org.hk/ shall be accepted for registration. Attendance E-certificates will be issued after the event. For enquiries, please contact Ir Furla Chan at email: furlachan@gmail.com.





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