We are Indonesia Reef Warrior (IRW), a environmental NGO based in northern Bali. We are dedicated to restoring damaged coral reefs, protecting the marine ecosystem, and actively cleaning the oceans to keep them healthy and debris-free. 4 times a week, the team conducts dives to monitor both natural and artificial reefs, repair corals, plant seagrass, and remove marine debris. The organization is led by marine biologist, who is well known for his successful coral restoration using his natural glue invention, as well as for his strong commitment to research and environmental education in Balinese schools.

We started as a small group of community-based who were witnessing the vast degradation of the coral reef ecosystem around us and decided to take action. Today the small group grew to a bigger and more attractive team of marine scientists and biologists, engineers, creators, and divers determined to save the reef by restoration, conservation, and generating collaborative action around the world and we are Indonesia Reef Warrior.

Our mission is to regrow and replant colonies of coral and take back ocean sustainability for the future, protecting ecological stability and balance, protecting the livelihoods and knowledge of indigenous people. Our goal is to plant more than one million corals during 2030, reach, empower and educate 1000 people through awareness programs, develop tools and methods to facilitate coral reef monitoring. This is just the beginning of the conservation movement of our coral reef ecosystem. We consider our team members to be the key to our successful program. We invite from all around the world in order to find scientists, divers, coral reef warriors, naturalists, and marine enthusiasts with the same grit and determination to restore and rehab the coral reef with coral gardening way and ocean conservation.

We have built a coral nursery not too far from the shore of Lovina. The nursery made from steel and concrete material protects the coral as it grows. Underwater nature structure enables us to collect damaged and broken coral and transplant it to the protected nursery. We regularly monitor and track the growth and progress of the baby coral. Rehabilitation of reef ecosystems may progress through the implementation of both preventive as well as active restoration measures. A two-step restoration strategy termed “gardening of denuded coral reefs,” whose central concept is the mariculture of coral recruits in nurseries. In the second step nursery-grown, coral colonies are transplanted to degraded reef sites. 

The marine biologist offers international volunteers and students to work with his environmental NGO Indonesia Reef Warrior (IRW) in the Indonesia Coral Reef Garden (ICRG) program. IRW is based in the north of Bali and covers 12 coral sites along the north coast of Bali. Our marine biologist well known for successful coral restoration using his natural glue invention, as well as for his strong commitment to research and environmental education in Balinese schools

As a volunteer with Indonesia Reef Warrior, your main focus on this is on actively removing debris underwater. During relaxed dives in shallow waters between 5 and 15 meters, you will collect plastic, fishing nets, and other waste directly from the seabed and reef areas. By keeping dive sites clean, you make a direct contribution to protecting the local marine environment while enjoying meaningful, hands-on conservation work in a calm and safe diving atmosphere with a dedicated team.

Our conservation program is 70 % underwater-based, diving 8 times to our coral reef, seagrass bed, and sandy bottom to collect the marine debris from Monday until Thursday in different dive site projects, and 30 % theory community-based, educating the next generation and helping to spread the word in local schools on Friday, we take marine conservation education into our partner schools.  If volunteers want to be certified divers, optional PADI courses are offered at an additional cost.  Volunteer and our team will do a survey for the site and choose a site known to have marine debris. When the site was chosen, during our dive collect the marine debris you encounter when back on land sort, and record what you removed from the seafloor only. Consider removing non-natural items that could harm marine animals as they break down into smaller pieces, even if doing so will cause a short-term disturbance. In these cases use your judgment of what action will cause the least harm. Items in this category include hard plastics, fish traps, and packaging material. If eggs are attached to a marine debris item mark the location and return to remove it once the eggs have hatched. We would take pictures to tell the story. Photos are great for convincing non-divers and decision-makers that marine debris is a real problem. Our photo can illustrate impacts on marine wildlife and the environment and help build a library of images that show people the scope and scale of the problem.

Step 1: Weigh 

Weigh all your marine debris while still in the mesh bags. If the weight of the mesh bags is significant weigh them separately once they are empty and subtract their weight to arrive at the true weight of your debris. 

Step 2: Sort

Empty your mesh bags and sort your debris into piles under the nine categories: plastic, glass & ceramic, metal, rubber, wood, cloth, mixed material, and other debris items. Sort your debris from the wind to avoid rubbish being blown back into the water. Emptying your mesh bags onto a tarpaulin will help keep your debris items together. 

Step 3: Dispose 

You removed it and counted it - great job! Now take a moment to dispose of it properly so it cannot return to the ocean. 

Volunteers and our team help to rescue ocean and coral reefs from entanglement nets, fishing lines, ropes, and other debris that pose a huge threat to wildlife, especially those that live near or on the water. we look at the damage caused by marine debris and how divers can help fix this mess.

Volunteers and our team take action and keep trash out of the marine environment and we would educate children from school every Friday about the marine debris class. Every piece of debris and litter found in our waterways at one point involved a person who made an improper decision. In a way, it can be said that every piece of debris has human fingerprints on it. Knowledge is key for consumers to make appropriate choices when using and disposing of waste items. Diving Against Debris has obvious positive effects on marine life and our ocean and is also helping drive political changes for a cleaner future. Dive Against Debris empowers scuba divers to remove marine debris from our oceans, lakes, and rivers and report data on the types, quantities, and locations of materials collected.

 Your help is needed on the following days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m