Researchers at Java’s IPB University say Indonesia is doing more to restore coral reefs than any other country on Earth.
![Marine Biologist Andrew Taylor working on coral nursery ropes at the Nusa Penida pilot project [Ollie Clark]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Marine-Biologist-Andrew-working-on-of-me-on-coral-nursery-ropes-at-the-Nusa-Penida-pilot-project-Credit-Ollie-Clark.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Researchers at Java’s IPB University say Indonesia is doing more to restore coral reefs than any other country on Earth.
![Marine Biologist Andrew Taylor working on coral nursery ropes at the Nusa Penida pilot project [Ollie Clark]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Marine-Biologist-Andrew-working-on-of-me-on-coral-nursery-ropes-at-the-Nusa-Penida-pilot-project-Credit-Ollie-Clark.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Cases have been reported in far west of New South Wales in Aboriginal communities already suffering from poor health.
![COVID-19 cases have been reported in the rural and outback west of New South Wales raising alarm for the health of Aboriginal people in the area [File: Ian Lloyd Neubauer/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_3547.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Calls to stop the sale and consumption of wildlife seem to have been largely ignored even as COVID-19 runs amok.
![A trader torches a bat at a live animal market in Langowan in the Indonesian province of Sulawesi in June [Courtesy of Four Paws]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/VIER_PFOTEN_2021-06-01_00055.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The lineage of the Sandalwood pony dates back to the 8th century and is central to the Indonesian island’s culture.
![Nearly every child in Sumba used to ride, but now very few have even sat on a horse [Courtesy of Read McKendree]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Credit_-Read-McKendree.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Experts say true scale of outbreak is unknown and worry crowds at funeral of former PM could exacerbate the situation.
![Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the WHO is urging people attending this weekend's funeral for former Prime Minister Michael Somare to follow virus protocols [Andrew Kutan/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/000_94Q4KT.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
East Timor independence hero criticised for meeting Richard Daschbach ahead of priest’s trial for child sex abuse.
![Xanana Gusmao has been accused of whitewashing the crimes of self-confessed paedophile Richard Daschbach who goes on trial next week on charges of child sex abuse [Australian Broadcasting Corporation]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-11.31.14-AM-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The people of Bungin first settled in the area 200 years ago, building their homes on coral harvested from the sea.
![Bungin was created by the Bajau people who live there - a nomadic sea people who used the coral to support their homes [Ian Neubauer/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-bajau-are-knows-as-excellent-fishermen-and-free-divers.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Aquaculture provides fallback for people of the Penida Archipelago as they wait for tourists to return.
![People in the Penida Archipelago have returned to seaweed farming as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has kept tourists away from Bali [Ian Neubauer/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/5U1A0263.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Experts, elders give diverse opinions on Indonesian island’s ‘immunity’ – from ‘good karma’ to wrong diagnosis.
