In October and December 2021, the Coral Reef Restoration Task Force went to Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida to complete their first mission of evaluating and assisting the technical aspects of the ongoing reef restoration programs. The two programs visited were managed by Bali Hai...
A team from the Coral Reef Restoration Task Force recently completed a journey around Sulawesi and Bali to support ongoing coral restoration programs. The Task Force visited the offices of Wakatobi, Takabonerate, Bunaken and West Bali National Parks to form an initial relationship with each...
Coral reef restoration is one of the many efforts to rehabilitate damaged reefs and maintain the resilience of healthy coral reefs. In Indonesia alone, there are more than 500 initiatives in coral restoration, initiated by the government, private sector, community and NGOs. Moreover, according to...
Over the last several years, reefs along the northern coast of Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA) have suffered from widespread coral breakage. The cause of this coral breakage are due to irresponsible marine tourism, disease, coral bleaching and aquaculture. In 2020, CTC conducted an ecological...
Our children are the future, as the saying goes. With that in mind, CTC facilitated a fun and interactive coral restoration excursion in collaboration with Bali-based dive shop Joe’s Gone Diving. On November 3rd, 2021, nine brilliant junior divers from Green School received an introduction...
In an effort to share lessons learned and best practices in reef rehabilitation amongst practitioners, the Bali Reef Rehabilitation Network (BRRN) came together on August 20, 2021 to give an update on member-initiated rehabilitation projects around Bali. The Bali Reef Rehabilitation Network: Restoration Practices Webinar was...
    Bontosua Island, a six-hectare island that can be reached in 40 minutes by boat from Makassar, South Sulawesi, was very lively in the morning. The island is part of Pangkajene and Kepulauan (PangKep) Municipality. The island came alive as villagers gathered at the...
Have you ever been involved in a restoration program where you tied baby corals onto a structure to be put underwater? Did you have the chance to come back a year later to see how the corals had grown? Nowadays, some would think that...
