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Marine Life of North Raja Ampat

Posted by in Biodiversity, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Ecotourism, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Raja Ampat, Scuba Diving on February 26, 2010

8 – 26 February If I may, I would like to lift a few bits and paragraphs written by Dr. Mark V. Erdmann, Senior Advisor Conservation International Indonesia Marine Program in his introduction of a new fantastic coffeetable book The Raja Ampat.  “Reefs on Steroids”, “The Kingdom of Coral”, “Heart of the Coral Triangle”, “The […]

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Papuan Folks of Raja Ampat

Posted by in Biodiversity, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Fisheries, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Raja Ampat on February 25, 2010

8 – 25 February In 1526, Jorge de Menses, the first Portuguese governor to the Moluccan “spice islands” was swept ashore by a storm to the Bird’s Head Peninsula (West Papua) even before he reached his post. He named the country Ilhas dos Papuas (Islands of the Papuans) derived from the Malay term “orang papuwah” […]

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Mantas of North Raja Ampat

Posted by in Biodiversity, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Ecotourism, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Raja Ampat, Scuba Diving on February 22, 2010

8 – 23 February 2010 S0 34.808 E130 32.494 Manta Sandy S0 33.681 E130 32.471 Manta Slope There are very few places we know where you can find, almost guaranteed, mantas in a cleaning station. There are many cleaning stations known, yes, but few guaranteed! Depending on the number of divers underwater, i.e. if you […]

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Misool Eco Resort

Posted by in Biodiversity, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Ecotourism, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Raja Ampat, Scuba Diving on February 6, 2010

16- 30 January 2010 S2 14.666 E130 33.401 – MER Loads of divers dream of owning a resort in an island paradise in the tropics surrounded by pristine coral reefs and lots of fish. When out at sea, palm trees and sunshine seem to make our brains go funny and think within the lines of […]

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Misool Rangers At Work

Posted by in Biodiversity, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Ecotourism, Indonesia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Raja Ampat on February 6, 2010

25 January 2010 S2 03.462 E130 24.747 – Yellu Island What originally started as a 200 square kilometer no-take zone has now been increased to 425 sq. km. Misool Eco Resort MER take their conservation work very seriously. They have set up a UK charity called the Misool Conservation Centre to raise funds for the […]

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WWF CT Business Summit Photo Exhibition in Manila

Posted by in Bali, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coral reefs, Coral Triangle, Donsol, Ecotourism, El Nido Marine Protected Area & Resort, Fisheries, Indonesia, Jamursbamedi, Kei Island - Moluccas, Komodo, Kudat, Live Reef Fish Trade, Malampaya Sound, Malaysia, Marine conservation, Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Moluccas, North Sulawesi, Philippines, Pollution, Raja Ampat, Roxas / Taytay Pearl Farm, Scuba Diving, Semporna, Sipadan, Mabul, Tubbataha Reefs and Bird Island, Tuna, Turtle Islands, Sandakan, Turtles, Wakatobi South Sulawesi on February 5, 2010

19 – 20 January 2010 Sometime early November last year, we got an email from Dr. Lida Pet-Soede, WWF Coral Triangle Programme Leader to discuss an idea of having a photo exhibition of our expedition in Manila during the first WWF Coral Triangle Business Summit in January 2010. We knew this was going to be […]

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