Organization Profile: Reef Check Foundation
Organization Profile: Reef Check Foundation
Status: draft, awaiting review. Facts sourced to Reef Check's own site and an ICRI member listing (accessed 2026-06-11).
Who they are
Reef Check is an international nonprofit dedicated to the conservation of two ecosystems: tropical coral reefs and temperate kelp forests. It trains and organizes teams of local volunteer citizen-scientist divers who collect standardized data on reef and kelp-forest health. Reef Check's data is used by resource managers, scientists, and policymakers, and the organization runs a recognized global coral-reef monitoring program.
Focus
Tropical coral reefs and temperate rocky-reef / kelp-forest ecosystems — standardized volunteer survey methods, climate-impact assessment, and training.
What they offer a commons contributor
- A proven volunteer reef-survey methodology that can directly inform reef field missions and observation guides.
- Citizen-science training pathways for divers — a natural fit for the commons' mission model.
- Long-running reef-health data relevant to reef region briefings and reef guardians (confirm data-access terms before building a connector or dataset card).
How to engage responsibly
Through Reef Check's official channels at reefcheck.org. Reef survey activity must follow local regulations and ETHICS.md (no contact, no disturbance); this profile implies no formal partnership unless documented.
Sources (3)
Every claim traces to one of the citations below. Anything that could not be sourced was left out.
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