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Wide of ocean with healthy coral reefs2. Close up of fish around reefs3. Mid of healthy coral4. Close up of fish AP Television  Tumpaan, North Sulawesi, 8 May 20115....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eWaters near Tumpaan village, North Sulawesi, 7 May 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of ocean with healthy coral reefs\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of fish around reefs\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of healthy coral\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of fish \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television  \u003cbr/\u003eTumpaan, North Sulawesi, 8 May 2011\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid of artificial reefs being made\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of villagers making reefs\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close up of artificial reefs\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of villagers spraying sugar water on reefs\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of artificial reefs \u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of villagers pouring cement on reefs\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close up of cement\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of Roger Lantang talking to villagers\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up of map showing location for placing artificial reefs\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Roger Lantang, Conservationist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are using bamboo to create the man-made reefs in a way that is cheaper and more affordable. Everyone can make them, because bamboo is easy to find in these villages. If we use iron to make these reefs, the villagers will have to go to the big city to find them. But if we use bamboo, the villagers can just use existing resources in the villages.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of villagers putting artificial reefs on boat\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid of reefs put on boat\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close up of artificial reef\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of villagers getting on boat\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of boats leaving shore\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close up of damaged reefs\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of ocean with damaged reefs\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of villagers dropping artificial reefs to the ocean\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of children playing on boat at fishing village\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of fishing village\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid of Jonli Derek preparing diving equipment\u003cbr/\u003e26. Close up of diving tube's regulator\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Jonli Derek, Villager:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The coral reefs around these waters have been damaged, but the villagers around here want to grow them back. That is why we support this programme to make artificial reefs and release them into the ocean, so we can bring back the coral reefs and breed fish in these waters again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of divers placing artificial reefs on the ocean floor\u003cbr/\u003e29. Mid of divers\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close up of reef\u003cbr/\u003e31. Close up of diver\u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid of divers shaking hands after placing artificial reefs\u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide of divers\u003cbr/\u003e34. Mid of reefs\u003cbr/\u003e35. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Roger Lantang, Conservationist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We hope that the local villagers will be more aware and take care of the environment, especially the waters around the Tumpaan village.\"\u003cbr/\u003e36. Mid of divers marking artificial reefs on the ocean bed\u003cbr/\u003e37. Wide of formation of artificial reefs on the ocean bed\u003cbr/\u003eFishermen in Indonesia are combating the effects of marine pollution by replacing dead coral reefs with artificial ones made from concrete, sand and stone.\u003cbr/\u003eThe innovative project has already seen the return of marine life to underwater reefs destroyed by blast fishing.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe waters surrounding the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia are famous for their breathtaking coral reefs and abundance of fish.\u003cbr/\u003eA number of underwater sites here have become world-class diving destinations, such as the Bunaken island site, as well as other eco-tourism projects in the area.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the sea is increasingly under threat from the destructive practice of blast fishing by local fishermen, who are using homemade bombs with the hope of catching more fish. \u003cbr/\u003eBlast fishing does not only instantly remove a massive population of fish, but it also causes extensive damage to the surrounding coral reefs.\u003cbr/\u003eNow, a group of conservationists from the nearby fishing village of Tumpaan is determined to change the course of history for the ocean that they depend on so much for a living.\u003cbr/\u003eIn 2010 the village leaders at Tumpaan launched an ambitious plan to create an eco-tourism site in their village and nearby waters to lift the local population out of poverty. \u003cbr/\u003eThe district government supported their proposal and gave them assistance in capital, human training and sustainable development.\u003cbr/\u003eIn April this year the fishermen started planting artificial reefs to replace damaged coral reefs in the waters around Tumpaan.\u003cbr/\u003eThe reefs are made from a mixture of cement, sand and gravel stones. The frames are made of bamboo.\u003cbr/\u003eThey also use sugar water in to accelerate the growth of marine plants on the reefs.\u003cbr/\u003eOver the space of a month the villagers have produced 160 sets of artificial reefs to cover a 5-hectare area of the ocean floor.\u003cbr/\u003eConservationist Roger Lantang is helping villagers plan the release of the man-made reefs.\u003cbr/\u003eLantang has been involved at every stage of the project from creating the concrete reefs to training the dive team to look for drop zones.\u003cbr/\u003eHe believes the idea of using widely-available bamboo, rather than iron, to make the reefs ensures that local villagers can use existing resources to sustain the project.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"We are using bamboo to create the man-made reefs in a way that is cheaper and more affordable. Everyone can make them, because bamboo is easy to find in these villages. If we use iron to make these reefs, the villagers will have to go to the big city to find them. But if we use bamboo, the villagers can just use existing resources in the villages.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAfter piloting a number of sites, local conservationists says they found their artificial reefs worked better than inserting a graft on living coral reefs in terms of restoring the ocean biodiversity.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter just one week, some plants started to grow on the concrete reefs, and a number of fish returned.\u003cbr/\u003eThe discovery has delighted the fishermen at Tumpaan village.\u003cbr/\u003eJonli Derek is one of the local youths who has been heavily involved in replanting the reefs.\u003cbr/\u003eHe has even started training to be a professional diver so he can carry on the project in the future.\u003cbr/\u003eHe stresses that replanting reefs in the ocean will bring back a healthy number of fish to help the livelihood of fishermen in the area.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"The coral reefs around these waters have been damaged, but the villagers around here want to grow them back. That is why we support this programme to make artificial reefs and release them into the ocean, so we can bring back the coral reefs and breed fish in these waters again.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHe adds that it will also ensure that eco-tourism in Tumpaan village has a future.\u003cbr/\u003eLantang agrees.  He argues that the full participation of Tumpaan fishermen in the reef project is a great example of how locals can protect the environment, including the ocean, in sustainable ways that will also reap benefits for them. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"We hope that the local villagers will be more aware and take care of the environment, especially the waters around the Tumpaan village.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThese waters are a part of the protected Coral Triangle area, which is extremely rich in marine biodiversity and has the highest coral diversity in the world.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile tourists are not coming in droves to Tumpaan just yet, conservationists in Indonesia are hopeful that this type of environmental project can prove that environmental protection and economic future can exist together.\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton aria-expanded='false' aria-label='Read more description' 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