Yayasan Reef Check Indonesia
Yayasan Reef Check Indonesia (YRCI)berdiri tahun 2005, lahir dari gerakan sukarelawan konservasi yang masuk ke Indonesia pada tahun 1997. YRCI adalah bagian dari keluarga besar Reef Check Internasional yang tersebar di sekitar 90 negara di dunia. YRCI adalah organisasi nonprofit yang berkomitmen bagi pelestarian ekosistem laut dan pesisir secara terpadu untuk peningkatan kesejahteraan hidup masyarakat bahari melalui 3 landasan : sains dan teknologi, pendidikan dan kesadartahuan, serta pengelolaan kolaboratif.
Executive Summary of Reef Resilience and Bleaching in Bali Lombok 2011
September 7th, 2011
Reef Check Foundation Indonesia (RCFI) had run a reef resilience assessment in early 2009. An increase temperature latter in 2009 reported by fisherman and dive centres, as well as the mass bleaching in the following year, has triggered RCFI to do a coral bleaching monitoring. This was followed by post bleaching assessment conducted in early 2011 23 sites from northwest to northeast Bali and 5 sites in Lombok were surveyed and found that the 2010 bleaching was more severe than 2009 bleaching period. The nearest NOAA Coral Reef Watch Virtual Station in West Bali, confirmed that DHW record up to 6.5 SST anomalies up to 1.34. This resulted to average 12% bleaching and <5 % mortality in shallow reef; 13% bleaching and 2% mortality in deep reef. › Baca Selengkapnya
Coral damage affects humans: Experts
Agustus 8th, 2011
Desy Nurhayati, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar | Fri, 08/05/2011 10:34 AM
Damage to coral reefs could affect various critical aspects of human life and should not be viewed as merely a loss of marine biodiversity, an expert warned.
“Coral reef damage also greatly affects food security, income, the stability of the whole ecosystem, and could increase the threat of coastal disasters,” Jensi Sartin from Bali-based Reef Check Foundation Indonesia said.
“Coral reefs support the lives of many people in various sectors. It contributes some US$1.22 million to the fishery sector and $212 million to Indonesia’s marine tourism industry,” he said at a recent workshop on climate change and coral reef resilience in Amed, Karangasem. Read more
