KUDA LAUT PROJECT FOR BUNAKEN

[Coral Health and Monitoring Program]

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Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 23:40:11 -0700 
From: Kuda Laut <kudalaut at indo.net.id> 
To: Coral Health and Monitoring Program <coral at aoml.noaa.gov> 
Subject: Re: 52 Coral Reef Stories for the World Press 


KUDA LAUT PROJECT FOR BUNAKEN (NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA) CORAL REEF MONITORING. 

Bunaken marine park is one of the most interesting areas of the world for 
the marine biodiversity. The park is completely assigned to the scuba diving 
tourism, and, due to the quick tourism development of the area, it will 
probably undergo some change in the few next years. 
Manado Seagarden is a diving centre operating in the area, managed by four 
Italian instructors and marine biologists. The centre is launching the Kuda 
Laut project, including 3 different marine biology courses and a program for 
valuation and monitoring of the reef community health status using mostly 
overseas volunteer divers. Spending a lot of time daily in the water enable 
the personnel and the costumers of the diving centre to gather a large 
number of data for an effective monitoring of the reef's conditions and for 
early detection of any change. 

For further information, and if you are interested in receiving the complete 
protocol for reef monitoring produced by us, please contact: 

Massimo Boyer, Paola Bearzi, Sergio Cotta, Lorenzo Pacciardi 
Kuda Laut Project - Manado Seagarden Adventures 
P.O. Box 1535 
95001 Manado (Sulut) 
Indonesia 
phone & fax +62 431 61100 
E-mail: <kudalaut at indo.net.id> 

or: 

Massimo Boyer, Paola Bearzi 
via Chiodo 10/24 
17100 Savona 
Italy 
phone +39 19 853148 
E-mail: <boyer at mbox.vol.it> 

Best regards 

Massimo Boyer 

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              * Manado Seagarden Adventures               * 
              * Kuda Laut Project                         * 
              * P.O. Box 1535                             * 
              * Manado 95001                              * 
              * North Sulawesi                            * 
              * Indonesia                                 * 
              * Phone and fax: +62 431 61100              * 
              * E mail: kudalaut at indo.net.id              * 
              * Internet site: http://www.wp.com/kudalaut * 
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