SPERMONDE ISLANDS, Indonesia: For nearly two decades, Indonesian marine scientist Syafyudin Yusuf has worked with former poachers to rehabilitate coral reefs destroyed by their use o
They have restored to health 11.5 hectares of corals around a group of 120 islands known as the Spermonde archipelago in the Makassar Strait off Sulawesi.
Scientist and lecturer Syafyudin Yusuf, 54, shows coral, with a local resident, in the waters of Badi Island, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, on May 29, 2023. "We enter their lives and try to influence their ... mindsets to be able to change from destructive fishing to being conservationists," Syafyudin said, adding that his team anchors frames into the seabed to allow corals to grow undisturbed.
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