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Marine Parks Ambassador Scheme
Marine Parks Ambassador Scheme is aim to provide a medium for the publics to understand the concept of marine conservation and the functions of marine parks. Through the activities of this scheme, participants will learn the importance of marine conservation and willing to contribute on the marine conservation works and support our management on marine parks.
Background
The first batch of marine parks in Hong Kong were designated in 1996. This laid a new milestone of marine conservation in Hong Kong. Until the end of 2004, there were 4 marine parks in Hong Kong.
Marine Parks are established for conservation, education and recreation purpose. It act as a useful tool for marine conservation and provide chance for the public to learn, support and implement marine conservation. Marine Parks Ambassador Scheme is build under this backbone. This scheme aims to provide a medium for the publics to understand the concept of marine conservation the functions of marine parks, which in turn support the marine conservation works and the management of marine parks in Hong Kong. Poster  (452KB)
Mission of Marine Parks Ambassador
- To be a conservation-mind person
- To help promote the marine conservation and support the marine parks programme in Hong Kong
- To serve the community in particular to the marine conservation aspects
- To work with other nature conservation enthusiasts and share your precious experience with your friends and family.
- To work with other ambassadors to build-up a better marine environment in Hong Kong
Application for the Marine Parks Ambassador Scheme is Now Accepted
Road to be a Marine Parks Ambassador
- Interest in Marine Parks and Marine Conservation issue.
- Now studying in University or other Tertiary Institute (including HKIED and IVE).
- Submit your application form (35kb) .
- Attend a basic training course of Marine Parks Ambassador Scheme.
- Attend and pass a short quiz after the training (All in multiple choice format; passing mark is 80%).
- Declare to become a Marine Parks Ambassador.
Marine Parks Ambassadors Scheme is constitute of 3 major elements, ambassadors are encourage to learn, to implement and to promote the marine conservation through these 3 elements:
Training
Basic Trainings
Two basic training courses are designed for both Secondary and University members to acquire knowledge on the marine parks and marine conservation in Hong Kong. This information provides a fundamental knowledge for the marine parks ambassador to deal with the services and other marine conservation programme in future.
Other training courses
More training courses, including both the interest and technical courses, will be designed to equip the ambassadors to become a versatile person and empower them to contribute more effort on different marine conservation programmes.
Services
This is an interactive part which allow the ambassadors to implement what they learn from the training practically. Ambassadors could gain impressive experience from different marine conservation works through the briefing, implementation and post-activities evaluation of each service. Tentatively, the planned service programmes include marine parks and non-marine parks beach cleanup, marine conservation promotion programmes, marine parks visitors survey and ecotour guidance services. More services types will be planned and developed with the ambassador in future
Awards
To encourage ambassadors to join more marine conservation programmes and to appreciate their effort on promotion of marine conservation, we will issue awards to ambassadors who achieve different levels of performance
Service Award
Once a member (both secondary and university members) who attain the accumulative service hours at a pre-designated level, the ambassador will be awarded with specific Ambassador Badge according to the tables below:
Performance level
(in terms of accumulative Service Hours)
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Award |
| 20 hours |
1. Jellyfish Badge |
| 40 hours |
2. Natilus Badge |
| 70 hours |
3. Fiddler Crab Badge |
| 100 hours |
4. Starfish Badge |
| 150 hours |
5. Humphead Wrasse Badge |
| 200 hours |
6. Chinese White Dolphin Badge |
Annual Best Performance Award
This award will be presented in the prize ceremony after the end of each year to both University and Secondary Ambassadors who obtain the first 3 highest accumulative service hours in each group.
Other appreciation
We also organize different type of visiting activities in Marine Park Ambassador Scheme for our members to appreciate their efforts on the services. Ambassadors who attained a certain level of service hours are qualified to join different visiting activities to Wetland Park, Lions Nature Education Centre, ESP Resource Centre!Ketc. Through these visiting activities, we are expected our ambassador can acquire more marine conservation and related knowledge on different aspects.
Communication
All the latest information of the Ambassador Scheme will be uploaded on the AFCD website. Members will receive the latest information through the email or they can check our announcement regularly on AFCD website.
If you have further enquiries, please contact us at 2150 6877.
We hope you will join our Ambassador Scheme soon and working together to build-up our better marine environment in future.
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