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    Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions or people, nature, and resilient communities

    Indonesia

    PEMUTERAN BAY CORALPROTECTION FOUNDATION

    Empowered live

    Resilient nation

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    UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIES

    Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that wo

    or people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth

    their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practition

    themselves guiding the narrative.

    To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing ser

    that details the work o Equator Prize winners vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmenconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local succ

    to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models

    replication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to The Power o Local Action: Lessons rom 10 Years

    the Equator Prize, a compendium o lessons learned and policy guidance that draws rom the case material.

    Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiatives searchable case study database, where you can fnd more Equator Prize winner

    case studies.

    Editors

    Editor-in-Chie: Joseph Corcoran

    Managing Editor: Oliver Hughes

    Contributing Editors: Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney Wilding

    Contributing Writers

    Edayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Sean Cox, Larissa Currado, David Godrey, Sarah Gordon, Oliver Hughes,

    Wen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma, Mary McGraw, Brandon Payn

    Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding

    Design

    Sean Cox, Oliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Amy Korngiebel, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis, John Mulqueen, Lorena de la Parra,

    Brandon Payne, Mariajos Satizbal G.

    Acknowledgements

    The Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation, and in particular the guidance and inputs o

    Thomas Goreau. All photo credits courtesy o the Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation. Maps courtesy o CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.

    Suggested Citation

    United Nations Development Programme. 2013. Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation, Indonesia. Equator Initiative Case Stu

    Series. New York, NY.

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    PROJECT SUMMARYPemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation was started inresponse to the collapse o the local shing industry near thePemuteran community in Bali, due in large measure to coralree loss rom sedimentation, rising water temperatures,and unsustainable shing methods such as ree bombing.The organization oversees more than 70 articial biorockcoral rees, which have restored sh stocks and marinebiodiversity. The chain eect o connecting the articialrees has helped to rejuvenate local subsistence shinglivelihoods.

    Hundreds o community members have been trained inarticial ree building. The community has created a de actolocally managed marine protected area, with communityenorcement o regulations that prohibit destructive shingpractices. An ecotourism enterprise draws scuba diversrom around the world and provides an additional sourceo income. Ecotourism revenues have been reinvestedinto local schools, environmental education, and shorelinerestoration projects to control erosion.

    KEY FACTS

    EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2012

    FOUNDED: 2000

    LOCATION: Pemuteran, western Bali

    BENEFICIARIES: Fishing households and local businesses

    BIODIVERSITY: Coral rees and fsheries

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Background and Context 4

    Key Activities and Innovations 6

    Biodiversity Impacts 8

    Socioeconomic Impacts 8

    Policy Impacts 9

    Sustainability 10

    Replication 10

    Partners 10

    PEMUTERAN BAY CORAL PROTECTIONFOUNDATIONIndonesia

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    ndonesias coral rees are the largest and most species-rich in the

    world. However, only around ve per cent o these rees which

    ustain shing, mariculture, diving and tourism industries remain

    n excellent condition. Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection FoundationYayasan Kerang Lestari Teluk Pemuteran) is a community-based

    marine protection and coral restoration initiative that was established

    n response to the degradation o coral near Pemuteran, a small

    shing village on the north coast o western Bali. Pemuteran, which

    ranslates roughly as come back to you, is home to a population

    approximately 8,000 people, many o whom are descended rom

    ettlers who were relocated by the Indonesian government ollowing

    volcanic eruption in 1963. Pemuteran has historically been one o

    he poorest villages in Bali; with a climate too dry to cultivate rice,he community depended to a large extent on subsistence shing

    or survival. The revitalization o the local shing industry and the

    evelopment o new livelihood activities have thereore had a

    ransormative eect on community wellbeing.

    The tourism sector

    ike many communities in tropical coastal areas, Pemuteran has

    ncreasingly looked to tourism to provide opportunities or income

    nd employment. Although ar rom the tourist resorts o southern

    ali, Pemuterans black sand beaches, shallow rees and relatively

    mild currents and waves make it an ideal location or diving and

    norkelling. This combination o actors has made it an attractiveestination or tourists. But while many coastal villages that have

    taked their economic utures on tourism have allowed or large-

    cale resorts to ourish and degrade local ecosystems and marine

    esources, Pemuteran has been developed in an environmentally

    onscious way rom the beginning.

    ourism has transormed the standard o living in the community

    y providing new jobs and income. The development o the tourism

    ndustry in Pemuteran, however, has reected traditional Hindu

    alues that promote harmony with nature. All hotels and dive

    shops in the village contribute a percentage o their revenue t

    environment and development und that is administered by

    village government. The und has paid or the restoration o tem

    the development o a village environment management plan,

    improvements to the village schools.

    Locally managed marine protected area

    The village conservation ethic ound its clearest expression w

    traditional law was invoked to establish a marine protected

    in the waters oshore. Despite this progressive step tow

    responsible stewardship, Pemuteran Bay rees were badly dam

    in 1998 when the South-East Asian economic crisis orced displworkers and armers to turn to the sea or survival. Mass destru

    o marine ecosystems resulted, as shermen rom outside

    community resorted to ree bombing and cyanide shing. C

    on Pemuterans outer bank rees were almost entirely destroyed

    Background and Context

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    much o the remaining coral was killed later that year as a result o

    igh temperatures, sedimentation and the urther use o poison or

    shing. As a result, the local shing economy collapsed, as did the

    cotourism industry.

    Rejuvenating rees with Biorock coral nurseries

    n 2000, recognizing that community ood and income security were

    everely threatened, the Pemuteran village community began totrictly enorce local laws against destructive shing practices and

    nitiated eorts to rejuvenate local coral rees. To begin the ree

    econstruction eort, the community collaborated with the Global

    Coral Ree Alliance to install a series o Biorock coral nurseries

    echnology that uses low voltage electrical currents on underwater

    teel-rame structures to encourage the growth o coral and other

    ee lie in the waters oshore rom Pemuterans beaches. The rst

    tructure was installed in 2000, with unding provided by a local

    otel. Following suit in 2002, another hotel owner took an interest

    n the project and provided seed unds or a workshop to organize

    nd train community members in the construction and installation

    Biorock rees. Today, there are over 70 Biorock rees in Pemuteran

    otalling hal a kilometre in length. Financing or the project has been

    ntirely community-driven and locally raised: the structures used in

    he Biorock technology are unded by ecotourism revenues rom

    local hotels and businesses, while individual donations rom vis

    are also used to sustain the initiative. It is also community mem

    that have taken the lead on ree maintenance. The ormerly ba

    rees have been transormed into spectacular coral gardens w

    are now thriving and teeming with sh.

    Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation

    The initiative operates without a dened organizational strucit represents a collaborative eort between the communit

    Pemuteran, local hotels and dive schools, and the researc

    who developed Biorock technology. The oundation itsel

    evolved somewhat organically, with the installation o the

    Biorock structure providing a catalyst or the reintroduction

    strengthening o the locally managed marine protected a

    Several community-based initiatives and sel-help groups

    emerged to support the work o the oundation, including car

    out activities such as the maintenance o Biorock rees, plan

    vetiver grass on the shoreline to reduce erosion, and patrolling

    protected area to enorce shing restrictions. A centrally loc

    Biorock Centre provides inormation about the technology

    the community initiative. From relatively humble beginnings

    Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation is now amongs

    largest coral ree restoration projects in the world.

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    Key Activities and Innovations

    Biorock Technology

    iorock technology was developed by marine scientist Wol Hilbertz

    nd marine biologist Thomas J. Goreau. It uses low voltage electrical

    urrents on underwater steel-rame structures to encourage the

    rowth o coral and other ree lie. The electrical current causes

    issolved minerals in the seawater to precipitate and stick to the

    teel structure. Gradually, layers o calcium carbonate build up

    round the steel tubes. Since the calcium carbonate coating that

    orms is so similar to natural ree substrate, corals take to biorock

    ees very readily. The steel structures are anchored to the seabed,

    nd can be powered by solar panels, wind turbines, wave generators

    or land-based transormers. Because Biorock does not requireophisticated construction techniques or substantial material inputs,

    t is particularly well suited to remote developing regions where raw

    materials and technical know-how may be in short supply.

    Other methods o ree restoration oten rely on afxing corals to hard

    tructures with cement or glue. The success rate o this approach is

    ighly variable and depends to a large extent on water quality and

    emperature, both o which must be ideal. Experiments have shown

    hat Biorock can help to counteract some o the actors that cause

    orals to die-o, including high temperatures and pollution, and that

    he technology is much more resilient in uctuating and variable

    onditions. Also, coral typically grows between two and six times

    aster on Biorock than naturally occurring coral, while survival ratesre between 16 and 50 times higher, even ater extended periods

    o high water temperature. Biorock is also more eective than sea

    walls or similar structures at reducing beach erosion: while these

    tructures simply deect waves, Biorock rees absorb wave energy,

    educing the impacts o the waves on the shoreline. Consequently,

    waves deposit sand onto the shoreline, building up the beach rather

    han washing it away.

    Coral ree rejuvenation in Pemuteran

    The success o the Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Found

    can be attributed to a combination o community-based acti

    namely, the creation o the locally managed marine protected

    and the installation o Biorock rees. The community has rest

    local rees and, in so doing, reinvigorated the local shing

    ecotourism sectors. The support o the Global Coral Ree Allianc

    been instrumental in this, through training community membe

    how best to deploy this innovative technology in service o gro

    back coral rees. Equally crucial has been the oundations

    unding model, which sees ecotourism revenues rom village h

    and businesses owing into the construction and installation osteel structures which provide the literal oundation or ecolo

    restoration.

    Improvements in the health and unctioning o local m

    ecosystems were quickly apparent. The Biorock struct

    stimulated rapid coral growth in a ew short months, which, in

    led to a number o requests to expand the project. Over 70 Bio

    structures have been installed along the Pemuteran coast

    2000, covering an area o two hectares and making this the la

    coral ree nursery and restoration project in the world. Coral g

    on mineral accretions (as with Biorock) are brightly coloured

    support abundant and diverse sh populations. Plans or the u

    include new solar-, wind- and wave-powered Biorock structLarge-scale restoration is planned or the rees on Pemute

    oshore banks to restore the village sheries.

    The communitys Biorock Centre employs local villagers to mo

    and maintain the restoration project. The centre also ho

    educational materials on marine ecosystems, coral ree regenera

    Biorock technology, and community restoration eorts. Pemut

    Bay Coral Protection Foundation also conducts public aware

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    ctivities and training sessions on the dangers o destructive shing

    methods to supplement its ree restoration work. A village training

    rogram has also been established to provide local youth with the

    ducation and language skills needed to work in tourism.

    Underwater coral sculpture gardens

    One innovation unique to Pemuteran is the Ree Gardeners

    rogramme. Using Biorock structures, the community hasonstructed a sculpture diving trail, with design eatures inspired by

    alinese temple gardens. Underwater coral regeneration structures

    ave been designed in the shape o boats, giant sea turtles, and

    alinese goddesses together orming an oshore ree that is also

    n art installation. The ree is powered by solar panels, which are kept

    oat on rats and which are maintained and serviced by community

    members. The sculpture trail has been a draw or dive tourism,

    with proceeds reinvested into the Ree Gardeners Programme.

    Community maintenance includes rescuing and transplanting

    aturally broken corals; removing the snails and starsh that eed

    n coral and damage the rees; and planting vetiver grass along

    he Pemuteran shoreline to help stabilise the beach and reduce

    horeline erosion. Tourists also have the option o contributing to

    he project through the Coral Adoption Programme, whereby they

    an sponsor their own coral. In exchange or regular sponsorship

    ayments, the sponsors name is grown in limestone letters next to

    heir coral.

    Enorcing community-based marine resource managem

    In addition to coral regeneration, the community has oc

    on strengthening the management o its marine resource

    previously declared but loosely enorced Village Marine Prote

    Area has been reinvigorated, with a community patrol peca

    laut established to enorce regulations banning destructive s

    practices. Because traditional Balinese village laws are recogn

    by national law enorcement agencies, the community was abdeclare and demarcate its own protected area without requ

    permission rom central government authorities. The pecalang

    is a de acto village police orce that monitors the marine prote

    area. Violators and transgressors o community regulations rece

    warning rst, and, i they persist, their boats and shing equipm

    are seized, they are arrested, and are prosecuted by the Indone

    police. This support rom national enorcement agencies has b

    critical to the success o local conservation eorts.

    Improving waste management and reducing soil erosio

    The Pemuteran community aims to improve water quality in the

    by addressing land-based as well as sea-based threats. The spill-

    o waste (especially plastics) into the sea has been a particu

    damaging trend. During the dry season, the community has thr

    garbage and reuse into dry river beds, where it sits until it is u

    out to sea in the rainy season. At the same time, land clearance

    accelerated soil erosion and the sedimentation o mud. To add

    these problems, the organization has prioritized waste proces

    and recycling programs, as well as a plan or more eectively de

    with the treatment o sewage. The community has also addre

    soil erosion through the planting o vetiver grass along shorel

    reducing the run-o that tends to smothers rees.

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    Impacts

    BIODIVERSITY IMPACTSThe primary biodiversity impact rom this project has been the

    egeneration and restoration o coral rees. Biorock technology has

    been deployed to transorm what was a damaged and degraded

    marine ecosystem into a thriving ree. The technology is simple yet

    nnovative. Once installed, the ocean currents owing through the

    tructures cause minerals rom the sea water to build up around the

    teel tubing. Within a short amount o time, the steel structure is

    oated in calcium carbonate. The build-up is similar in composition

    o naturally occurring rees and is quickly colonized by coral and

    other marine organisms that are attracted to the electric eld and

    he shade oered by the structure. Coral ragments rom other

    natural rees are also attached to the Biorock rame, giving them aecond lie. Because the electrical current creates the ideal chemical

    onditions or coral growth, corals expend less energy creating these

    onditions, leaving more energy or reproduction and regeneration.

    As a result, Biorock coral typically grows at three- to ve-times

    normal growth rates. Biorock rees quickly take on the appearance

    o natural rees, and provide a reuge or an abundance and diversity

    o marine species.

    n addition to promoting ast coral growth, Biorock technology

    protects corals rom the uctuations in water temperature and

    environmental changes that oten degrade rees. Corals grown on

    Biorock have been ound to be more resistant to environmental

    hanges and to have signicantly higher survival rates ater

    evere temperature episodes than corals growing on natural rees.

    The technology thereore represents a pioneering innovation in

    daptation and resilience.

    The rate and extent o environmental recovery in Pemuteran Bay

    has been nothing short o dramatic. The combination o Biorock

    echnology, local enorcement o a marine protected area, and

    education within the Pemuteran community on the importance

    o marine conservation has led to the wholesale transormation o

    what was a wasteland o dead coral into a thriving marine ecosystem

    that is teeming with sh. The abundance and diversity o mspecies around the rees continues to grow, including populatio

    dugongs, which were considered locally extinct prior to the pro

    Enorcement o village regulations inside the marine protected

    has also led to eective prohibition o destructive shing meth

    These eorts, along with improvements in community w

    management, have led to a range o environmental benets

    also improve community wellbeing.

    SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS

    Coral restoration eorts have transormed the local econ

    empowered the community, and changed local attitudes abou

    value o healthy ecosystems to income generation and local livelihoGreater awareness about the extent to which anthropogenic ac

    were degrading marine lie, and the eect this was having on

    local economy (most notably the sheries and tourism sectors

    been at the very centre o community conservation eorts and

    behaviour change. The community, once actively engaged in

    bombing and shing with cyanide, has recreated and rebuilt

    based on a collective identity that prioritizes coral ree regenera

    and conservation. In turn, conservation has paid dividend

    leading to the recovery o dwindling sh stocks and attracti

    new market o environmentally and socially conscious tourists

    divers. Central to the communitys environmental and econ

    recovery has been the strengthening o local marine protec

    measures, established years prior, but widely shirked or disrega

    the initiative has thereore built on a pre-existing conservation

    that is rooted in local Hindu traditions. The community now st

    monitors and enorces its locally managed marine protected

    which incorporates regulations on destructive shing practices

    Diversiied and rehabilitated livelihoods

    The greatest socioeconomic impact rom the project has

    improvement in local livelihoods. Previously, Pemuteran

    one o the poorest villages in Bali, owing in part to dry clim

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    conditions that limit rice cultivation. The primary source o income

    s subsistence shing, with ew other livelihood options open to the

    average villager. Through ree restoration eorts, Pemuteran Bay

    Coral Protection Foundation has rescued the local sheries, which

    aced collapse only a decade ago. Local shermen have observed a

    massive recovery in sh populations in the protected area. Growth

    n ecosystem health and sh populations inside the protected area

    has had positive spill-over eects outside the protected area, where

    catch sizes have also grown.

    The local ecotourism sector has also rebounded, creating new

    obs and revenue streams or the community. Previously, the

    teady decline in ree health had predictably negative impacts

    on local tourist trafc, which was based largely on scuba diving

    and ecotourism activities that rely on species abundance and

    diversity. Bans on destructive shing and coral regeneration have

    allowed populations o marine species to recover, which has led to

    an upswing in dive tourism. Tourists now pay to dive in the coral

    culpture trail, while hotels and dive schools pay a village tax that

    upports community development projects. A recent survey showed

    hat 40 per cent o tourists visiting Pemuteran were not only aware

    o village coral restoration eorts, but came to the area specicallyo see the rejuvenated rees. Pemuteran hotels are now regularly

    booked to capacity year round.

    Gains or youth and women

    As in other regions o Indonesia, the subsistence shing community

    n Pemuteran has generally had limited access to education, skills

    raining and investment capital. Since the Pemuteran Bay Coral

    Protection Foundation began, the vast majority o local amilies

    now have at least one member o the amily working in the tourism

    ndustry. Jobs in the tourism industry, however, require a certain

    evel o education, skills and language prociency. Growth in the

    ndustry has, as a result, led to renewed interest in the pursuit o

    ormal education. Where once local livelihood options were limited

    o subsistence shing, and ormal education was perhaps considered

    a luxury, a higher premium is now placed on education as a pathway

    o better, more secure employment.

    Local youth have been notable beneciaries o the rev

    ecotourism industry, receiving both vocational and conserva

    training that was previously unattainable. Women, however,

    perhaps beneted even more. Where local women once

    ew employment opportunities, were traditionally relegate

    domestic work gutting and cleaning sh and had little i

    control over household nances and decision-making, ecotou

    has opened windows o opportunity or employment and na

    autonomy. More than hal o the jobs in the local ecotourism seare currently held by women, challenging traditional gender

    and empowering women in village public lie.

    POLICY IMPACTS

    A distinctive eature o Indonesian law is its respect or the bot

    up governance o traditional Balinese society. Legal space has

    made or villages to enact their own regulations without g

    through the national government. These local by-laws rec

    the ull support o the national government, however, on

    implementation side. This policy climate created the condition

    the community to declare a marine protected area in Pemuteran

    and enorce local laws that were in turn recognised at the natlevel. The support o national police and regulatory authorities

    monitoring and identiying transgressors has been an impo

    ingredient o the locally managed marine protected areas succ

    The many achievements and accomplishments o the initi

    have made Pemuteran Bay a regular destination or Indone

    policymakers looking or examples o environmental conserva

    and sustainable livelihoods. Over the past decade, Pemuteran

    hosted repeat visits by successive Ministers o Tourism, Fisheries

    Marine Aairs, Environment, and Energy. These visits have so

    to inspire the Government o Indonesia to make sheries ha

    restoration a major goal o national sheries policy. The pro

    has also been mentioned by government ministers at internat

    conerences including Meetings o the Conerence o the Pa

    (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim

    Change (UNFCCC).

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    Sustainability and Replication

    SUSTAINABILITYemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation relies exclusively on

    ocal resources and nancing. The initiative enjoys a high level

    local buy-in and is viewed as an extension o the communitys

    esire to pursue economic development in ways that restore and

    onserve nature. Financial sustainability is achieved through a

    model o voluntary taxation, whereby dive shops and hotels who

    oth attract and benet rom tourism revenues pay a levy to und

    ngoing conservation activities. Currently, the project relies on no

    utside donor unding and is sel-sustaining. This model, however,

    s contingent on continued tourism trafc to the region and to the

    ommunity.

    Another important dimension o the initiatives sustainability model

    s the low level o investment needed in the construction and

    maintenance o Biorock technology. Local people have been trained

    n the design and assembly o the steel structures, using materials

    hat are locally available. These skills are easily transerred, as is

    nowledge on the repair and upkeep o the rees. The power needed

    o electriy Biorock structures can come rom a number o sources,

    ncluding solar and wave technology. Plans are in place to increase

    he number o wave-, wind- and solar-powered structures along the

    ee. As o 2012, the marine tourism area extending along Pemuteran

    each is almost at capacity in the number o Biorock structures it

    an contain; the ocus now is on maintaining existing rees, althoughlans to install wind and solar powered rees continue.

    he initiative has become a source o great pride in the community,

    nd local ownership o the project is high. Support or the project

    s not surprising given the improvements it has brought to local

    velihoods and incomes. A number o community groups have

    prung up to maintain and support the initiative, including the

    ocal marine guard to enorce the protected area regulations and

    he Ree Gardeners who maintain the ree and plant vetiver grass

    long the shoreline to reduce erosion. Local amilies host tourists

    hrough home-stays, while local businesses including hotels and

    dive shops educate guests on the initiative and the importancoral restoration. Local schoolchildren, too, use the project to

    about marine resources and the environment.

    REPLICATION

    The project began in 2000, when the rst Biorock rees were inst

    and the rst community members were trained in their construc

    and maintenance. Over a decade later, there are now more

    70 separate Biorock structures in Pemuteran Bay, with a comb

    length o over hal a kilometre, creating the worlds largest

    perhaps most successul coral ree restoration project. The pr

    has inspired other local governments to take greater interest in

    conservation. Similar restoration projects have been impleme

    in other parts o Indonesia, including Lombok, Sulawesi, Java, F

    and Sumbawa. Pemuteran Bay has become a national mod

    best practice in community-based natural resource managem

    The project has also become a demonstration site or stakeho

    interested in hands-on conservation, sheries, and coral

    restoration learning. The community has hosted several major

    restoration training workshops. Students rom Indonesian, Ger

    and British universities have produced research theses base

    the initiative, while students rom Indonesian universities regu

    attend seminars and workshops at Pemuteran ocused on

    Biorock technology and community development. The succe

    the project has been reported widely in national and internatmedia and has been the subject o several ull-length document

    PARTNERS

    Since its inception, Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation

    worked closely with the Global Coral Ree Alliance (GCRA), a

    prot organization made up o volunteers and researchers in

    eld o coral ree restoration and management. GCRA researc

    developed the Biorock method o coral ree restoration and

    provided training and support to the Pemuteran community.

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    FURTHER REFERENCE

    Pemuteran Bay Coral Protection Foundation website: http://biorockbali.webs.com/

    Global Coral Ree Alliance website: www.globalcoral.org

    Biorock FAQs: http://www.biorock.org/aq-page

    Goreau, T.J. 2009. Tourism and Sustainable Coral Rees. See: http://www.globalcoral.org/Ecotourism%20Biorock%20complete.pd

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