Bridging Sectors, Building Reefs: Indonesia’s SCORES Forum Spotlights Community and Innovation

In the first SCORES session of 2022, reef restoration practitioners, academics, and government officials convened online to exchange strategies for coral recovery across the archipelago. The event featured speakers from BPSPL Denpasar and WWF Indonesia, who shared place-based approaches to reef rehabilitation—from policy frameworks to hands-on community training. “It’s not just about planting coral. It’s …

Building Coral Connections: Lessons from Indonesia’s Community-Based Reef Restoration

Indonesia – In the inaugural session of SCORES (School of Coral Reef Restoration), practitioners and researchers from across the archipelago gathered virtually to share on-the-ground experiences in restoring coral reefs. The webinar featured two restoration practitioners, Andre from the Indonesia Biru Foundation and Delphine Robbe from Gili Eco Trust, whose community-based approaches offer valuable insights …

A New Chapter for Indonesia’s Coral Reefs Begins

Indonesia – In a vibrant online gathering, the School of Coral Reef Restoration (SCORES) officially launched as a national platform dedicated to building capacity, sharing knowledge, and strengthening community-based coral reef restoration across Indonesia. Hosted via Zoom and attended by researchers, academics, and conservation practitioners, the session set the tone for a long-term collaboration between …