Dear readers, we are back for more news from our regular, community patrol activities within the Raja Ampat Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) network during the course of May, 2021 (here is the link to our April’s patrol update). In May, a total of 67 patrol was conducted by the Raja Ampat’s Marine Park Authority’s*** Jaga Laut – the formal name for the community-based rangers patrolling the MPAs... Read More →

Dear readers, it’s been more than a month since our latest update. But, we are back with our patrol update for April, 2021.  Now, on our March update we’ve mentioned about the rising numbers of entrance fee ownership violations, which reached nine violations found that month by our Jaga Laut – the official name for the Raja Ampat Marine Park Authority’s*** rangers.  The mentioned state led to... Read More →

Dear readers, as usual, through this article we would like to inform you regarding the patrol activities – or Jaga Laut – conducted by the Raja Ampat’s Marine Park Authority*** for the period of March, 2021. During that month, a total of 76 patrols were conducted. Out of those days, 29 violations were found in these following categories: 11 zoning violations from fisheries activities caught... Read More →