Bunaken National Marine Park is promoted as an ideal mix of tourism and conservation, but not all local people agree. Pak Victor is a fisher living in the main village of Bunaken Island in Bunaken National Marine Park. Like most villagers, he mainly fishes for pelagic (open ocean) species, but during the monsoon he [...]
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from Indonesia Media Watch January 5, 2008 Armed with a meter-long stick in her hand, Dutch diving instructor, Christiane Muller does her daily diving rounds at the Bunaken Marine Park in North Sulewesi. When leaving the water, she buries her prey on the beach. These prey are the dozens of crown of thorns starfish that [...]
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