Coral reefs are important for many different reasons aside from supposedly containing the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. They protect coastlines from the damaging effects of wave action and tropical storms, provide habitats and shelter for many marine organisms.
Some of you might never see me before, But yeah, I exist in this planet.
I supply almost 70% of your oxygen, I can feed 30-40 million people every year and I am home to about 25% of all marine life!
Don’t you love lying on the beach and take picture on white sand ?
The white sand is primarily derived from me. So no coral reefs, no beach. Sorry ! 🙂
I’m actually a carnivora animal and considered as distant cousins to jellyfish and anemones.
I’m quite a picky carnivora, though I prefer to eat zooplankton than a burger.
All of our ARTificial Reef structure start with the word “Domus” – a latin word for “House”. This is mainly because we want that all of our underwater art installation will turn into a new house for the corals to grow and for the sea animals
Our first projects is in Senggigi, Lombok where we called it “Domus Sepiae” – House of Squids, as a remembrance of what Senggigi bay is once famours for
The second one is “Domus Longus” in Waha Beach, Wangi-wangi Island, Wakatobi , South East Sulawesi
The third , fourth and fifth stucture are all located in Sepa Island, North Jakarta. They are Domus Musculi – house of Mussels, whilst the last two were supported by National Park of Jakarta Province : Domus Piramidis Antennarius and Selaroides.
You might like to know that I can be a source of medication too.
Some anti- cancer drugs and painkillers come from reefs.
Because human can grow so fast, where I just grow 0.5 – 2cm per year. Can you imagine that? So the next time you see a big coral, please respect them, they probably as old as you’re your grandparents.
I hope that now you know me better, you can start to care more about me.
See you at the sea! Lots of love, Coral Reef.
Revitalize coral reefs using underwater art installation as the medium.
Creating new marine ecosystem using a combination of biorocks technology and art.
Creating a new underwater ecotourism area.
Raise awareness the public on the importance of the reefs and marine ecosystem preservation.
From different backgrounds, we become united with one vision.
Here are the team of Yayasan Terumbu Rupa
YTR uses ART as the medium to preserve and cultivate corals for sustainable marine ecosystem
Jakarta, Indonesia
yayasanterumburupa@gmail.com