, ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁supporting ▁fish eries ▁and ▁protect ing ▁coast lines . ▁Working ▁in ▁Indones ia ' s ▁Cor al ▁Tri angle , ▁a ▁b iod iversity ▁hot spot ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁se agr ass , ▁cor al ▁re ef s , ▁and ▁mang ro ve ▁for ests , ▁Williams ▁and ▁her ▁colle agues ▁showed ▁that ▁rest oration ▁efforts ▁were ▁more ▁effective ▁when ▁they ▁plant ed ▁multiple ▁species ▁of ▁se agr ass ▁instead ▁of ▁just ▁a ▁single ▁species . ▁These ▁find ings ▁can ▁help ▁direct ▁se agr ass ▁rest oration ▁efforts ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁and ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Williams ▁returned ▁to ▁Indones ia ▁through ▁the ▁Ful br ight ▁Special ist ▁Program ; ▁there ▁she ▁worked ▁with ▁fac ulty ▁and ▁students ▁at ▁Has an ud din ▁University ▁to ▁establish ▁and ▁expand ▁upon ▁existing ▁infrastr ucture ▁to ▁protect ▁Indones ia ' s ▁coast al ▁e cos ystem s . ▁ ▁Adv oc acy ▁and ▁community ▁out re ach ▁ ▁Williams ▁encourag ed ▁scient ists ▁to ▁eng age ▁meaning fully ▁with ▁the ▁general ▁public ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁with ▁polit icians . ▁Her ▁connection ▁with ▁political ▁activ ism ▁began ▁early ▁in ▁her ▁scientific ▁career ; ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁she ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁a ▁panel ▁of ▁scient ists ▁consult ing ▁with ▁the ▁assistant ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Inter ior , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁she ▁received ▁an ▁Ald o ▁Leopold ▁Fellow ship ▁in ▁Environment al ▁Le ad