What is coral restoration monitoring?
Monitoring is an important component of Reef Restoration and Reef Management activity. It’s an important skill set that our student need to master.
North-east parts of Indonesia going through a mild bleaching event
Unusual warm and wet weather got corals to mildly bleach in the coral triangle
The ‘Shitty’ Truth about Human Poop and Corals!
There’s a tragic irony in our relationship with coral reefs: we often damage what we claim to love. Tourism, while bringing visitors to marvel at these underwater wonders, through human greed, negligence, and unsustainable development can ultimately destroy the very reefs that attract tourists. This is made worse by the prevalence of greenwashing, where terms […]
Drupella: The Silent Coral Killers You Need to Know
Maintaining healthy coral nurseries and reef restoration sites involves regular monitoring, cleaning, and addressing pests like Drupella snails. These snails can cause significant damage to shallow reefs across Indonesia, and we consistently find them at our project sites. In our experience, Drupella snail outbreaks are a major cause of long-term restoration project failures in Indonesia, […]
Update: Our progress with the Amed, north Bali coral nursery
An update on our coral nursery located in Lipah Bay, Amed in the North-east part of Bali. The project has shown consistent success in recent months. The coral nursery, first established in June 2019, is already supplying coral fragments for reef transplantation for the past five months. Our nursery currently houses nine racks, with four […]
