INDONESIA, Iboih Village, Weh Island, Sumatra - July 2005
Coral reef clean-up and mangrove restoration in exchange for the establishment of a 35-acre permanent no-take mangrove forest reserve
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Iboih Village on Weh Island is located on the most westerly point of Indonesia in the province of Aceh. The island was spared from serious devastation by the December 2004 tsunami, but debris from the island was deposited on the nearby reefs, and a large swath of mangroves was destroyed. With the assistance of Aceh Coral Conservation, Seacology will provide funding to replant 14,400 mangrove seedlings and clean up the debris that is suffocating the reefs and remaining mangrove forest. In exchange, the people of Iboih Village will create a 35-acre permanent no-take mangrove forest reserve. *
UPDATE January 2006 - The coral reef and mangrove cleanup took place in October 2005.
UPDATE June 2006 - About 50% of the planted mangroves survived, which was the expected survival rate. Since then several other funding sources contributed to a second replanting.
*Support for asterisked projects is provided fully or in part by the
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Skin Enterprises Force for Good Foundation
