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EcoTipping Points

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Short Videos

• Saving a Coral Reef and Fishery (Apo Island, Philippines)
• Community Gardens Reverse Urban Decay (NYC, USA)
• Community Forests Reverse Tropical Deforestation (Thailand)
• Escaping the Pesticide Trap (India)
• Rainwater Harvesting and Groundwater Replenishment (Rajasthan, India)

How Success Works:

• Saving a Coral Reef and Fishery (Apo Island, Philippines)
• Community Gardens Reverse Urban Decay (NYC, USA)
• Community Forests Reverse Tropical Deforestation (Thailand)
• Escaping the Pesticide Trap (India)
• Rainwater Harvesting and Groundwater Replenishment (Rajasthan, India)

Human Ecology:
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Apo Island: Saving a Coral Reef and its Fishery

A marine sanctuary at Apo Island in the Philippines set in motion community fisheries management that reversed a vicious cycle of destructive fishing and depletion of fish stocks, restoring the island’s coral reef ecosystem and rescuing a fishing village’s livelihood and wellbeing. Apo Island’s success has inspired 700 other fishing villages to establish marine sanctuaries.