Dear readers, here we are in early 2021 and we will provide updates from the last month of 2020 regarding the community-based patrol conducted by the Marine Park Rangers – Jaga Laut –  in all seven MPAs in Raja Ampat. A total of 60 patrols were conducted during the course of December 2020, which means that most of the patrol units in seven MPAs under the Raja Ampat’s Marine Park Authority***... Read More →

MPAs (Marine Protected Areas) are the heart and soul of the Bird’s Head Seascape.  There are now 26, including 3 new ones, TCBFM (Traditional Community Based Fisheries Management) Bintuni, KKPD (Marine Protected Area) Sorong Selatan, and KKPD Maksegara (Makbon). The global epicentre of marine biodiversity, the BHS comprises more than 225,000 square kilometers (22.5 million hectares or... Read More →

Natural history of manta rays in the Bird’s Head Seascape, Indonesia, with an analysis of the demography and spatial ecology of Mobula alfredi (Elasmobranchii: Mobulidae) by Edy Setyawan,  Mark V. Erdmann,  Sarah A. Lewis,  Ronald Mambrasar, Abdi W. Hasan, Sabine Templeton, Calvin S. Beale, Abraham B. Sianipar, Rafid Shidqi, Hendrik Heuschkel, Orgenes Ambafen, Muhamad Izuan, Mohammad Fakhry... Read More →