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PARTICIPATE TO THE CLEAN UP DAY TO GET A FREE DIVE !
JUST REGISTER YOURSELF IN ONE OF GILI TRAWANGAN DIVE SHOPS, TAKE A PLASTIC BAG AND FILL IT WITH ALL THE NON-ORGANIC WASTE YOU CAN FIND.
THESE CLEAN UP DAYS ARE ORGANIZED EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH. NEXT CLEAN UP DAY: FRIDAY 3rd OF JANUARY 2012 !
Next clean up days to come: Friday 3th February / Friday 2nd March / Friday 6th of April/ Friday 4th of May...etc
 GILI ECO TRUST
The association « Gili Eco Trust » was created in 2001 by the 7 dive shops which were then on the little island of Gili Trawangan to support the SATGAS, an association of local security which was struggling against dynamite and cyanide fishing and its disastrous effects on the coral reefs.
An eco-tax collected from each diver was set up to financially compensate the fishermen who commit themselves to fish without damaging coral and to finance the SATGAS surveillance patrols.
- Today this eco-tax is from 50,000rp, that is 4€ or US$6. In exchange from the eco-tax or any donation, get the Gili Eco Trust reusable bag ! -
The Gili Eco Trust reusable bag
In 2003 the SATGAS, Gili Eco Trust and local fishermen entered into an agreement which banned destructive fishing techniques and defined fishing areas.
However, because of all the factors of destruction that touch coral, protecting the reefs is not enough. Thus, the Gili Eco Trust launched in 2004 its cutting-edge Coral Reefs Restoration Program based on the Biorock technology.
Biorock is a simple technology: a metal structure, crossed by a low-voltage electric current which is harmless for every organism, is installed on the ocean floor. The current leads to a calcareous precipitation on the whole structure while avoiding the appearance of rust. Corals are directly attached to the structure and will then grow 2 to 6 times faster and be more resistant than in usual conditions, allowing a whole essential ecosystem to develop.
- To learn more about Biorock technology and Gili Eco Trust’s projects in reefs’ restoration, go to “About BioRock”. -
Zoom on a Biorock structure
Since 2004 the Gili Eco Trust has become more independent and has been developing several projects to protect Gili islands’ environment. These three little islands off Lombok, Indonesia, live on a thriving tourism, which at the same time threats the ecological balance of these sea and land paradises.
So Gili Eco Trust’s projects are not only about coral protection and restoration, but also about waste management, local population and tourists’ awareness raising, animals’ treatment and erosion’s containment.
- To learn more about Gili Eco Trust’s projects, go to “Eco-projects”. -
Please do not forget that your behavior has an impact on the environment, anywhere you are, on Gili islands or elsewhere.
- To find a list of simple gestures that change life, go to "Get Involved”, article “Please Remember”. -
Thank you.
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