by Lynn Lawrance | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last night during a dive on Yaf Keru, we experienced a moment of absolute wonder — a single coral (sp Pachyseris speciosa) in the act of spawning. Rarely sighted, we watched in awe as a cloud of male gametes drifted upward from a coral that, without the restoration...
by Lynn Lawrance | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the world of conservation, one truth is becoming increasingly clear: lasting environmental change is only possible when the people most affected by these efforts are placed at the centre. This belief is not just a guiding principle for The SEA People—it’s the...
by Lynn Lawrance | Jul 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
1. The remote tropics will break you… To survive and thrive as an NGO in the field in West Papua takes resilience, patience, good humour and sheer will. 2. Tourism walks a fine line here. Each time I travel to West Papua I have to go further to escape what I’ve...
by Lynn Lawrance | Jul 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
A last snorkel, saying goodbye.. some realisation and reflection. “We zoom through the Dampier Strait and I realise how much it’s changed in the last eight years. Two weeks ago I was in a wild and raw part of West Papua. Here now there are resorts and...
by Lynn Lawrance | Jul 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
My twelfth day in West Papua with The SEA People, enjoying more ‘doing’ and less talking about the ocean. Filming, Roy and Piet go fishing… and dugongs (six of them) My twelfth day in West Papua with The SEA People, enjoying more ‘doing’ and less talking about...
by Lynn Lawrance | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Coral is the canary that stopped singing in the climate change coal mine a long time ago. Bleaching here would just be another reminder that those who contribute least to the greenhouse effect will still be the ones who often suffer most. I have a fitful sleep. There...
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