The coral reef surrounding Batam island is pretty much damage following the increase of land erodded due to land recclamation in big islands. Other treads are fish-bombing, reef stealing, fish poaching and other damaging fishery.

Project Goals:
Main goal:
To preserve coral reef for the benefit of small island community welfare in Galang sub-district, Batam.

Specific goals:
1. Understanding the importance of coral reef for livelihood (ecology, economy and socially);
2. To promote an environment friendly job opportunity in a product-based and service-based within the island;
3. To increase capacity and intitution in managing the coastal area with the local community;
4. knowledge management or documentation (including: lesson learn) during the program.

Activities:
Pre condition and socialization
1. To implement program socialization, consultation and coordination with community in Abang and Petong island;
2. to facilitate two location discution within the Pulau Abang municipality to discuss coral reef and the problems, and;
3. To design planning detail.

Coral reef transplantation
1. Training to grow transplant;
2. Decision on transplant farm location and artificial reef;
3. 3D map designing;
4. Artificial reef building;
5. Basic diving training;
6. Community organizing on biodiversity monitoring and designing monitoring modul;
7. Coral planting and coral adoption implementation;
8. To monitor transplant health;
9. Compilation, analysis, and reporting, and;
10. Acknowledgement of coastal management area, institution as organizer and community patrolling system.

Eco Tourism Development
1. Training on entrepeneurship and bussiness management;
2. Training on eco tourism (a. ecoguide, b. acomodation, dan c. food and beverage);
3. Designing business plan, and;
4. To facilitate working capital (using revolving fund technique)

Knowledge documentation
1. Documentary production for community activity;
2. Publication with leaflet and poster, and;
3. Distribution of information or lesson learn, with meetings in neighboring village

Expected Output:
1. Community aware of the direct and indirect benefits from the coral reef transplantation program (male/female, youth and children)
2. Community workplan on coastal management
3. Demonstration plot for coral transplant and artificial reef
4. Management of coral reef preservation and education tourism; coral transplant through coral adoption program, education-tourism development in artificial reef spots, ecolodge, and souvenirs.
5. To build a routine community patrolling system and community biodiversity monitoring in the area
6. Achieving local-policy draft on the environment management zone.
7. Knowledge management documentation with audio visual media and printing.

Beneficiaries:
Direct: Community of Kelurahan Pulau Abang
Indirect : Subdistrict population of Galang 3463 KK