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June 12, 2025: Greenpeace investigation reveals extent of nickel mining plans in Raja Ampat, Indonesia’s ‘Last Paradise’ The report finds; A total of 16 nickel mining licences issued across the...

ReShark 5 Years of Impact

12 Jun 2025

Happy Birthday-Selamat Ulang Tahun to ReShark, they just turned five! But despite being so young their impact is already huge. The report, “5 Years of Impact” reflects on...

Bird's Head Seascape, Coral Triangle, diversity, diving, ecology, endangered species, environment, Indonesia, Manta Ray, Marine Protected Area, MPA, protected areas, raja ampat, scuba, snorkeling, tourism, West Papua

Protecting our Oceans and Dive Sites while Benefiting Everyone

11 Jun 2025

Administrator’s note: This article appeared in Undercurrent magazine (06/2025). It was adapted from the article in Forbes online entitled How Protected Marine Areas Could Bring $2.7...

Insights into the Visitations of Oceanic Manta Rays at Cleaning Stations on Coral Reefs in the Bird’s Head Seascape, Eastern Indonesia

12 May 2025

“Insights into the visitations of oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations on coral reefs in the Bird’s Head Seascape, eastern Indonesia” by Edy Setyawan, Ronald Manbrasar,...

(Under)Watercolor Artist Nate Wilson shares his Impressions of Raja

11 Mar 2025

Note: While Nate is primarily a watercolor artist focused on marine life, he is also an accomplished photographer. As an artist his comments about Raja’s reefs create quite an impression...

Rewilding Coral Reefs by Mark Erdmann

25 Feb 2025

Administrator’s note: This article originally appeared in DAN‘s (Divers Alert Network) quarterly Alert Diver magazine (2025). You can read the article here, Rewilding Coral Reefs,...

Clement Lee: a Profile – “From Ocean Deep to Mountain High”

18 Feb 2025

Nearly 35 years ago we were on our way to Sipadan Island (off Malaysian Borneo) and stopped by the Borneo Divers office to introduce ourselves and speak with Clement Lee, the Managing Director...

Attention Raja Visitors: It’s reefs need your help! Reef Health/Coral Bleaching Monitoring Survey from The Sea People

28 Jan 2025

Sadly the world is in the grip of the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event and Raja’s reefs need your help! In December (2024), we reported on a significant coral bleaching event in Raja...

Insights into cetacean sightings, abundance, and feeding associations: observations from the boat lift net fishery in the Kaimana important mammal area, Indonesia by Putra et al

15 Jan 2025

A new original research paper titled, “Insights into cetacean sightings, abundance, and feeding associations: observations from the boat lift net fishery in the Kaimana important mammal...

The ReSharker Issue #5

13 Jan 2025

The ReSharker is the international communication newsletter of ReShark, an international collective effort to recover threatened sharks and rays around the world. “The ReSharker” is a quarterly...