The Gili Shark Conservation Project is an award-winning conservation and data collection program and the first of its kind in the Gili Islands in Indonesia. We want to make a real difference on the three Gili Islands and its marine reserve. To have a real impact on our environment we need your help! We’re situated on the beautiful island Gili Air but we work around all of the Gili islands: Gili Air, Gili Meno, and Gili Trawangan. The goal of our shark research project is not just to raise awareness for shark- and marine conservation but also to assist the local community and helping the Gilis to become a plastic-free paradise!

1. GILI MATRA MARINE PARK
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2. GILI MATRA MARINE PARK:
Did you know that Gili Islands are actually classed as a Marine
Protected Area (MPA)?
Not many people are aware that the Gili Islands are actually classed
as a Marine Protected Area (MPA) called the Gili Matra Marine Park.
Part of this is due to the fact that this map is hard to come by at the
moment.
So here you go, feel free to save and share this image and help us to
create more awareness.

4. WHAT IS A MARINE PROTECTED AREA?
They go by many names such as marine parks, aquatic parks, marine reserves.
Basically anything that sounds like it offers some protection from fishing and other
extractive industries like mining or oil drilling.
Currently roughly 3% of the world’s oceans are protected in some way.
HOW OLD IS THE GILI MATRA MARINE PARK AND HOW BIG IS IT?
The Gili Matra Marine Park covers roughly 30 km2 as it actually covers the land too. It was created in
early 1993.
In this time the popularity of the Islands has skyrocketed and a whole diving industry has emerged.
It was set up by the State Ministry of Demography and Environment which as seen many changes since
and has merged with many other departments making the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

6. WHAT DOES THE GILI SHARK CONSERVATION
PROJECT DO TO PROTECT THE MPA?
With the abundance data we collect we want to proof that the reefs
surrounding the Gili Islands in Indonesia are a shark nursery area.
In 2020 the government will review the Gili Matra Marine Park and
we would love to see that they will create the first official shark
nursery around the Gili Islands.