Heres an underwater paradise thats returning to life with a US$35,000 grant from a non-governmental organization. Now again teeming with coral reefs and reef fishes, Manado Tua in the waters of North Sulawesi was a desolate island virtually without life until rehabilitation began in 2004.

Manado Tua Island in the Bunaken National Park was seriously damaged by destructive fishing which went out of control from 1970s to 1980s. When the illegal pract