Proceedings of the International Cyanide Detection Testing Workshop

ecome the partner and counterpart of the
CDT labs network especially, the marine
ornamental industry reform in general.
In 1997, Telapak collaborated with the IMA
to implement the Destructive Fishing Reform
Program (DFRP) in Indonesia. Cyanide
testing was one component of the DFRP; a
broader community-based program involving
rapid resource appraisal, net-training and
other alternative livelihood training programs,
enterprise trainings, marine education of
school children, instruction of fi sherfolk
in coastal conservation practices, farming
corals and giant clams, and mapping using
geographic information systems (GIS). Plans
by Telapak to implement CDT in Indonesia
in collaboration with the IMA (discussed at
the International Coral Reef Symposium held
in Denpasar in 2000) did not happen because
of the lack of funding and other problems.
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Telapak’s main achievement with destructive
fi shing reform was the establishment of
two villages, which are presently completely
cyanide-free. Through education, economic
incentives, and peer pressure, the villages
now capture and export totally cyanide-free
MAF from the village of Les (situated in
northern Bali) and farm artifi cial live rock
and corals grown from fragments in the
village of Serangan (situated near Denpasar
in southern Bali). Telapak in collaboration
with the Philippines based East Asia Seas
and Terrestrial Initiatives have succeeded
in changing the behavior of fi sherfolk for
sustainable use of marine resources and
the implementation of reef restoration
programs. This was achieved after a number
of setbacks. Community organizing, technical
intervention, management support, market
reform, and educational components were
integrated into a holistic community-based
program supporting conservation of marine
ecosystems and sustainable use by the MAF
fi shery.