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WWF CT Business Summit Photo Exhibition in Manila

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Bali, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Donsol, Ecotourism, El Nido Marine Protected Area & Resort, Fisheries, Indonesia, Jamursbamedi, Kei Island - Moluccas, Komodo, Kudat, Live Reef Fish Trade, Malampaya Sound, Malaysia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Moluccas, North Sulawesi, Philippines, Pollution, Raja Ampat, Roxas / Taytay Pearl Farm, Scuba Diving, Semporna, Sipadan, Mabul, Tubbataha Reefs and Bird Island, Tuna, Turtle Islands, Sandakan, Turtles, Wakatobi South Sulawesi on February 5, 2010

19 – 20 January 2010 Sometime early November last year, we got an email from Dr. Lida Pet-Soede, WWF Coral Triangle Programme Leader to discuss an idea of having a photo exhibition of our expedition in Manila during the first WWF Coral Triangle Business Summit in January 2010. We knew this was going to be […]

Center of the Center

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral Triangle, Indonesia, Wakatobi South Sulawesi on December 1, 2009

3 November 2009 We had a very enlightening afternoon with the Bupati (Mayor) of Wakatobi, Pak Hugua. He was very aware of the Coral Triangle and the efforts of WWF, TNC & CI to help in the conservation efforts of this all important region. His special interest of course lies in Wakatobi. He said very […]

Being with WWF in Wakatobi

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Fisheries, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Scuba Diving, Wakatobi South Sulawesi on November 15, 2009

2 – 12 November 2009 S5 19.868 E123 32.143 Wangi Wangi S5 29.700 E123 45.276 Kaledupa S5 43.145 E123 54.238 Tomia S6 00.667 E124 03.054 Binongko S6 07.930 E124 35.984 Moromaho S5 20.972 E124 21.073 Runduma S5 17.737 E124 17.605 Anano The hour we arrived in Wanci, we immediately had a meeting with WWF Indonesia […]

Coral Miners

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Wakatobi South Sulawesi on November 15, 2009

2 – 12 November 2009 We noticed from early on how different the sea gypsies from Wakatobi lived compared to their Bajau relatives from Sabah, Malaysia and the Philippines. The Bajo from Wakatobi reclaimed land and had sturdy houses on top of their new land. We heard from Sugi how complex the situation is because […]

Faces of Wakatobi

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral Triangle, Indonesia, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Wakatobi South Sulawesi on November 15, 2009

2 – 12 November I cannot write enough about the people we met along the way. Their faces have left an indelible mark on us. Here is a gallery of the look of Wakatobi. For several days in Anano Island, this man fished, salted and stored his catch before heading back to Runduma where his […]

Muslim Mosque in Binongko

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral Triangle, Indonesia, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Wakatobi South Sulawesi on November 15, 2009

2 – 12 November 2009 You cannot mistake the religion of this area. Five times a day, we would hear the Imam sing from loudspeakers of nearby mosques. I loved it. Our WWF companion Sugiyanta or Mas Sugi as everyone called him, brought Yogi to an old Mosque in Binongko. After getting permission from the […]

People of Wakatobi

Posted by Stella Chiu-Freund in Coral Triangle, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Wakatobi South Sulawesi on November 15, 2009

2 – 12 November 2009 To many divers around the world, Wakatobi South Sulawesi is an underwater destination. Wakatobi, which is short for its many islands, stands for Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia & Binongko. We went to all these islands and beyond with WWF Indonesia and its partner agency TNC. We didn’t do much diving here. […]