The Gili Eco Trust’s coral reefs protection action does not only consist in installation of Biorock structures in the depths of the sea. To preserve the reefs, the Gili Eco Trust has developed other projects:

• An agreement was entered into with the local fishermen, which defined the legal fishing techniques and the fishing areas. These fishermen, living mainly on Gili Air, receive each month a financial compensation and are trained to fish in a durable way in the two fishing areas around each of the three Gili islands.

• A patrol system was implemented in association with the SATGAS. 20 days per month and on call, SATGAS’s members navigate around Gili islands to be sure that no one destructs the reefs.

• Mooring buoys have been installed by the Gili Eco Trust, supported by local businesses and the Project Aware, to avoid that boats’ anchors damage coral. The Gili Eco Trust installs as numerous buoys as needed on demand. However some buoys disappear because their installation system is sometime not efficient to maintain them on long term. Thus it would be helpful that divers look for the rope on the ocean floor.

• A “Coral Watch” dive is available in every Gili Trawangan dive shop, to learn the diseases, predators and weaknesses of coral. After the dive, it is possible to make a report to the Project Aware scientists to help them in their studies of coral reefs. This “Coral Watch” program is the result of the association between the Gili Eco Trust, PADI and Project Aware. Other studies are led by students from Mataram University, Lombok