Interview [Interview Stephen Urquhart]

OVERLOOKING the Celebes Sea on the northernmost tip of Indonesia´s island of Sulawesi, Stephen Urquhart and I are drinking iced tea in the sweltering equatorial heat and humidity. We´ve just returned from a long drive to the coastal village of Bahoi, where a handful of villagers eke out a modest subsistence fishing among the coral reefs and mangrove swaps. Bahoi, which at 7,500 miles from London seems to be the most remote place on Earth, should be one of the most pristine. But it isn´t: it´s been degraded by over-fishing and other environmental factors that mean it´s in desperate need of conservation.