Austin Bowden-Kerby and coral conservation

Austin Bowden-Kerby and coral conservation

An article in The Guardian 20 June 2020 and The Guardian Weekly of 26 June 2020, "Local tabu: an ancient ocean custom helps save reefs" acknowledges the life-long work on coral conservation of IEF member Austin Bowden-Kerby throughout the Pacific Islands and in central America. With his help working with local communities, the ancient practice of tabu areas closed to fishing managed by local resource users has been revived and has been so successful that it has spread throughout Fiji, with 400 Locally Managed Marine Areas. Austin is quoted in the article. See https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/20/cultural-tabu-how-an-anci…