Cook Islanders harness killer starfish to revive ancient farming technique

Summary

In the Cook Islands beautiful blue lagoon lurks an unassuming killer – the Crown of Thorns Starfish. The coral-eating creature has devastated its reef, but one group is fighting back, turning the prickly plague into compost in the hopes of reviving an ancient taro planting technique. ‘The Pacific’ is hosted by Johnson Raela and Alice Lolohea. #ABCThePacific Watch The Pacific on ABC Australia or on ABC iView: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/pacific Like ABC Pacific on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABCPacific Follow ABC Pacific on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcpacific/ For more…

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