• Indigenous women step up to protect Papua New Guinea's coral reefs

  • 2024/08/29
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Indigenous women step up to protect Papua New Guinea's coral reefs

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  • The "Amazon of the Seas" is a vast marine area in the western Pacific Ocean that is home to 76 percent of the world's coral reef species. In the Papua New Guinea corner of the Coral Triangle, a local biologist is accelerating protection for them. In this episode, Kate Humble and Edward Whitley hear from Naomi Longa who leads an all-female team of Indigenous divers who monitor and manage the reefs of Kimbe Bay, an area of staggering marine biodiversity which includes pygmy seahorses, whale sharks and orcas. The Sea Women of Melanesia are working with AI to map coral reefs in a country where technology is scarcely accessible. They are only getting started....


    See Naomi’s short film narrated by Sir David Attenborough here: bit.ly/ConserveCoralReefs_PNG


    Edited and produced by Sarah Treanor


    How to Save It highlights ingenious solutions from the world’s leading conservationists. Applications for the Whitley Awards are open! If you are leading a grassroots conservation project in the Global South that we should know about, please apply here: bit.ly/WhitleyAward_ApplyNow


    Click here to donate: bit.ly/WhitleyAwards_Donate


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The "Amazon of the Seas" is a vast marine area in the western Pacific Ocean that is home to 76 percent of the world's coral reef species. In the Papua New Guinea corner of the Coral Triangle, a local biologist is accelerating protection for them. In this episode, Kate Humble and Edward Whitley hear from Naomi Longa who leads an all-female team of Indigenous divers who monitor and manage the reefs of Kimbe Bay, an area of staggering marine biodiversity which includes pygmy seahorses, whale sharks and orcas. The Sea Women of Melanesia are working with AI to map coral reefs in a country where technology is scarcely accessible. They are only getting started....


See Naomi’s short film narrated by Sir David Attenborough here: bit.ly/ConserveCoralReefs_PNG


Edited and produced by Sarah Treanor


How to Save It highlights ingenious solutions from the world’s leading conservationists. Applications for the Whitley Awards are open! If you are leading a grassroots conservation project in the Global South that we should know about, please apply here: bit.ly/WhitleyAward_ApplyNow


Click here to donate: bit.ly/WhitleyAwards_Donate


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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