COASTAL

MONITORING,
COASTAL EROSION,
AND CORAL REEF
RADITYA ANDREAN SAPUTRA
Selasa, 6 April 2021
Online Lecture
OUTLINE

● Indonesia Biru Foundation Introduction (5 mins)

● Coastal Processes and Monitoring (25 mins)
● Coastal Erosion (20 mins)
● Coral Reef Introduction (20 mins)
● Q & A (20 mins)
Nice to meet you! Raditya Andrean
Saputra (Andre)
Mobile: +6281353788090 | Email/Skype:
raditya.andrean@gmail.com/radityandrean

EDUCATION 📖
● Master of Science (Marine Science and Management)
2015-2017 University of Technology Sydney,
Australia
● Bachelor of Science (Geology) 2010-2014 Institut
Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

ACHIEVEMENTS 🏆
● Coral Reef Restoration Expert COREMAP Project Gili
Matra 2021
● Book author and founder: Marine Life of the Gili
Islands 2020
● Asia Achievement Award 2019 with Gili Shark
Conservation 2019 The International Seakeepers
Society Asia
● Indonesia Endowment Funds for Education Awardee
(LPDP) 2015-2017
Nice to meet you! Raditya Andrean
Saputra (Andre)
Indonesia Biru Foundation
Established in 2020, Indonesia Biru
Foundation is an independent
organization doing coral reef
research, restoration, and coastal
communities development. It is our
vision is to increase the marine
literacy of Indonesian citizens.
Our main approach is science but we also
work together with a lot of local
communities to integrate scientific findings
for practical use in the field. We are based
in a paradise island, Lombok - the famous
Bali neighbouring island to the east.
 Vision
Increase awareness of
Indonesian citizens
towards ocean issue
and become an
independent marine
research center.
Background

1. Low marine literacy causes a

lack of awareness.

1. Indonesia as the biggest

archipelago nation still lacks
ocean advocates.
 1. Capacity building
through research
2. Coastal community
Mission economic
improvement
3. Dissemination of
information
COASTAL AREA
Gold Coast Bali

Gili Air
 COASTAL PROCESSES
● Waves, tides, winds, longshore current, rip current
● Why is it important
● Bali coasts is shaped by coastal processes too!
COASTAL PROCESSES
 COASTAL MONITORING
● Definition
● Importance
● Lack of coastal monitoring despite its importance

Monitoring efforts are especially crucial at a time when

the world's ocean, coasts and marine ecosystems are
undergoing great changes caused by increasing
greenhouse gases, coastal pollution, overfishing, coastal
development or increasing population pressure.
 COASTAL MONITORING (Cont.)
● GIS
● Direct Measurement
● DEM Topo and Shoreline Evolution
COASTAL MONITORING (Cont.)
COASTAL MONITORING (Cont.)
COASTAL MONITORING (Cont.)
 COASTAL EROSION
● Definition
● Threat
● Amplified due
to climate
change (sea
level rise,
intense storm)
COASTAL EROSION
 COASTAL EROSION
● Case Study: The Entrance, NSW, Australia
COASTAL EROSION
 COASTAL EROSION
Solution:

Hard Engineering

Soft Engineering
 CORAL REEF
● Definition: coral, reef, and coral reef
● One of critical ecosystem in tropical coastal area along with seagrass and
mangrove
● Sediment source for carbonate deposits
Coral Reefs Introduction
Coral reefs are some of the most
diverse ecosystems in the world.
Because of the diversity of life found
in the habitats created by corals, reefs
are often called the "rainforests of
the sea" (bottom left).

Coral reefs are large underwater structures

composed of the skeletons of colonial
marine invertebrates called coral. Each
individual coral is referred to as a polyp
(above). As the centuries pass, the coral
reef gradually grows, one tiny exoskeleton
at a time, until they become massive
features of the marine environment (bottom
right).
 Why is Coral Reef Important for Us?

Home to 33% of all known fish species despite Tourism and recreation -- white sand beaches
occupying only 0.1% of the ocean and islands derived from coral reefs

Nursery ground for over 25% of all marine Income -- BAPPENAS estimated the value of
species coral reefs in Indonesia is $2.4 million per year

Food -- source for 10s of millions of people Protect more than 50,000 km of Indonesia’s
coastlines from wave erosion
BUT, It is Now in The Brink of Extinction...
Globally, we have lost more than 50% of coral
reefs, and Indonesia is one of the countries that is
affected the most.
Overfishing -- industrial fishing had reduced the
number of large ocean fish to just 10% compared
to pre-industrial.
Habitat destruction -- The use of dynamite and
cyanide in fishing has devastating long-term effect.
Sedimentation -- Coastal development and trees
removal have increased sediment run-off to the
ocean which is unfavorable to coral reef.
Pollution -- Plastic and other debris that enter the
ocean has a negative impact to reefs and its
associated organism.
Global warming -- When the sea temperature is too
high, they react by expelling this algae, leaving its
white skeleton behind. This is known as ‘coral
bleaching’. Some corals can feed themselves, but
without the zooxanthellae most corals starve.
QUESTIONS?
LET’S GO DIVING!

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