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Indonesia's coral reefs are in trouble. Coral mining, industrial pollution and toxic agricultural runoff all play a role in their destruction,but the fishermen have been the worst offenders. They not only bomb fish but also poison them with cyanide, an equally destructive practice. The fishermen are also among the biggest potential victims of the devastation. Two thirds of Indonesia's 7,000 coastal villages are adjacent to coral reefs and thus depend for their livelihood on the harvest of reef fish and crustaceans. The disappearing reefs are already leading to dramatic decline in the productivity of coastal fisheries and to increasing turf wars among fishermen for the remaining spoils. Indonesia's reefs are vast--they cover 51,000 square kilometers, surround 17,500 islands and stretch 3,500 kilometers-but they are not infinite. Many foreign experts and Indonesians fear that the region's entire marine environment could be seriously and irreversibly damaged if the reefs keep dying at their present rate. "The overall picture is incredibly depressing," says Ian Dutton, Indonesian director of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a U. S. environmental group.

Depressing, but not hopeless. Despite the devastation, environmentalists have in recent years made significant progress in changing the hearts and minds of the fishermen. Working closely with local Indonesian authorities in North Sulalesi and less populated eastern Indonesia, where most of the country's intact reefs are located, they have succeeded in preventing destructive fishing practices and coral mining from overwhelming the reefs. Increasing numbers of fishermen like Nuhung are waking up to the threat and protecting the life-sustaining coral before it's too late.

At Tubak, Nuhung and 327 other family heads in the village have organized a marine-protection campaign with the help of Proyek Pesisir, an Indonesian nongovernmental agency funded by the United States Agency for Intern