An kaddamar da wani sabon harkar yawon bude ido da nufin kawar da illar da sauyin yanayi ke haifarwa a kogin murjani a Vanuatu.

Coral gardening, or mariculture, involves snorkelling to reattach broken pieces of coral to damaged reefs, which can eventually grow into full size coral colonies.

A Secretariat of the Pacific Community technical advisor in Vanuatu, Christopher Bartlett, says the project was launched last week at Worasiviu Village on Pele Island.

Dr Bartlett says it gives tourists a chance to get involved in taking action against climate change.

“Tourists can actually snorkel down and attach their own fragment of coral onto the coral garden bed and it’s kind of their living souvineer that they’ll remember the rest of their lives, they feel like they came and left a part of themselves here in Vanuatu. And of course they leave some money behind.”

Christopher Bartlett says money raised will go towards other climate change adaptation activities, such as reef surveys and setting up fish aggregating devices.