Changing Coastal Commons in a Sub-Tropical Island Ecosystem, Yaeyama Islands, Japan - Island Futures: Conservation and Development Across the Asia-Pacific Region - page 134

Fig. 10.5 Spear fishing in a tidal stone weir near Shiraho (photo by M. Kamimura)

1. Yunumureh-nu-kachi
2. Birashi-nu-kachi
3. Yumucheh-nu-kachi
4. Kahreh-nu-kachi
5. Ngeh-nu-kachi
6. Shikimeh-nu-kachi
7. Futamureh-nu-kachi
8. Piisateh-nu-kachi
9. Shiimanageh-nu-kachi
10. Ishiimanageh-nunu-kachi
11. Mehreh-nu-kachi
12. Maikahra-nu-kachi
13. Usubare-nu-kachi

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Shiraho
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Fig. 10.6 Location of active TSWs along the Shiraho coast

and for their own livelihood. Their coral lagoon is referred to as “The Sea of
Treasure” and it boasts a biodiversity similar to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, in
an area that covers only a 7.5-mile radius. This triggered the reconstruction of TSW
as one of the community-based measures to conserve and use of marine resources
(Fig. 10.6 ). Indeed, the TSW may be emerging as a symbol for the conservation of
the marine environment into the twenty-first century.