Bunaken National Park - Management Advisory Board

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NSWA

Formed in 1998, 7 dive operators
Now includes 20 operators, with strong links to BTNB and environmental NGO’s (Community Forum, WWF)
Dive operators work together and have very strong relationship with each other

Education program

Scholarship donation program for local villagers, so far has sponsored 160 children from around the park
Mooring buoys placement around the park and beyond
Sponsored Earth Day 2001-2006 Reef Cleanups for Bunaken Villagers
Donated coral reef identification books/photos to community information centers

Employment program

Committed to hire more villagers directly in operations (boatmen, dive guides, cooks, receptionists)
Village handicrafts program
Purchase of pelagic fish products from villagers (mahi-mahi, etc). NOTE – no reef fish in restaurants!
Helped develop entrance fee system that now employs 94 local villagers in patrol system and fee collection
Help with relieved of Aceh Tsunami and mud slide and flood in North Sulawesi

Enforcement program

Strict ban on anchoring
Innovative Patrol Agreement with BTNB/Police with villagers involvement
Innovative Patrol Agreement with BTNB/Police, using Bunaken Preservation Fund ($5/diver) to fund patrols (with NRM matching grant). Highly successful in curbing DFP and socializing new zonation system!
Villager involvement
“Hand-off” to BNPMAB
Assist with releasing more than 600 Humphead Napoleon Wrasses back to nature

Sustainable Tourism

Support a sophisticated Diver Carrying Capacity Study done by DR. Emre Turak and DR. Lyndon D. Vantier
Dive Destination Campaign trough “DiveNorthSulawesi.com”
Website, attend trade shows, brochures, posters, adds in magazines
COTS data base
Each dive center has “adopt” a dive site to do clean up
Crown Of Thorn Starfish clean up, from 1 Nov 2003- 21 June 2006 has cleaned 49,414 COTS
Help with coral and fish monitoring program
Help selling the entrance tags and find sponsors for tag printing