Asian Diver – March 2018

ALL ABOUT CORALS OVERFISHING AND DESTRUCTIVE FISHING Coral reefs support artisanal, national, and international fisheries, with ...

DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES When it comes to demographic factors, many will think of the physical destruction caused by people in the ...

SCIENCE which is simply because there are no living corals left to extract for propagation. This is the case for some islands in ...

CORAL SOS Warming seas, pollution, and destructive fishing practices are threatening the very existence of Asia’s corals. We fol ...

FEATURE CORAL SOSFEATURE CORAL SOS The Blade dive site at Wakatobi, Indonesia, offers one of the world’s most unique coral cover ...

FEATURE CORAL SOS In 2006, I moved to the Dominican Republic and learned to scuba dive. In front of our resort, at the introduct ...

RIGHT: Scolymia is a solitary polyp that can be over 10 centimetres wide, appearing in every colour of the rainbow MIDDLE: This ...

FEATURE CORAL SOS ABOVE: In Tela, there is a high diversity of coral species competing for space on the reef IMAGE: Nicole Helga ...

Lying on the northwest tip of the Birdshead Seascape, in Indonesia’s West Papua province, are the islands of Raja Ampat. This sp ...

FEATURE CORAL SOS In 2010, four structures made out of tyres and metal were sunk in the waters of Green Island, Taiwan. Today, t ...

ABOVE: Artificial reefs are increasingly being used to promote coral growth IMAGES: Ace Wu TOP: The structures are 10 metres hig ...

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FEATURE CORAL SOS A Swiss national named Lorenz Mäder spent years searching the Indo-Pacific for just the right place to build h ...

http://www.wakatobi.com this remote location. Originally, the trip took more than 36 hours from Bali, and involved a combination ...

FEATURE CORAL SOS Since 2012, Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation has been conducting a sustainable island management programme on ...

Since Sulubaaï started using the SRP in early 2017, they have observed coral fragments attaching onto the structures after one t ...

FEATURE CORAL SOS Today, there are approximately 82 Reef Check offices around the world, boasting a strong presence in Asia-Paci ...

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FEATURE CORAL SOS As divers, we are fortunate to enjoy the beauty of the underwater world sustained by coral reefs. With this jo ...