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Announcing the Bird’s Head Seascape Manta ID Photo Contest
Conservation/Science
The more mantas we know, the more we will know about mantas! Help the BHS Mantas and win the... Read More →
Recent News and Topics
North Misool: New Adventures Where (Almost) Nobody Goes, text & photos by Kerry Lorimer (Drone imagery by Dr. Mark Erdmann)
Conservation/Science
The fabulously-rich dive sites in the protected area around the southeastern tip of the island... Read More →
What Nova Scotia can learn from Indonesia about Conserving Coral Reefs, Ocean School: A CBC interview with Dr. Boris Worm
Conservation/Science
Nine years ago Dr. Boris Worm, a very well-known marine scientist/conservationist from Canada... Read More →
Attention BHS Liveaboards: Looking our Cruise Directors?
Diving
Administrator’s note: On the site we never post advertisements but in this case... Read More →
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Use as a Tool to Assess Crawling and Swimming Speeds in Hatchling Sea Turtles
Conservation/Science
Administrator’s note: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or “Drones” are... Read More →
Misool Foundation Nov/Dec Newsletter
Regional
Welcome to Misool Foundation’s November Newsletter: A Life on Land Special Raja Ampat;... Read More →
North Misool MPA Rapid Biodiversity Assessment adds 47 new records, boosts Raja Ampat reef fish species count to 1615! Text and Photos by Mark Erdmann
Conservation/Science
From 24 August to 3 September 2019, a team of marine scientists from Yayasan Nazareth Papua,... Read More →
Sueviota minersorum, a new species of sponge-dwelling goby named in honor of the Miners family (Misool Eco Resort) by Greenfield, Erdmann, Utama
Conservation/Science
If you have ever been to Raja Ampat, or even contemplated going, you have heard of Misool... Read More →
Mapia Atoll – The Next Jewel in the BHS MPA Network? by Mark Erdmann & Ricardo Tapilatu
Conservation/Science
We first learned of Mapia Atoll from legendary Indonesian dive guide Larry Smith; Larry used to... Read More →
THE WORLD BENEATH: The Life and Times of Unknown Sea Creatures & Coral Reefs by Dr. Richard Smith
Diving
We are very excited to announce that Dr. Richard Smith’s book is now available. Not only... Read More →
Announcing the Bird’s Head Seascape Manta ID Photo Contest
Conservation/Science
The more mantas we know, the more we will know about mantas! Help the BHS Mantas and win the... Read More →
Deep Dive: New findings from our whale shark watchers by Kiley Price
Conservation/Science
Reposted with permission by Conservation International from their Conservation News Blog. In... Read More →
International Whale Shark Day; a Celebration of Images by Mark Erdmann
Photography
August 30th, has been marked as the International Day of the Whale Shark. Developed by ocean... Read More →
Child Aid Papua Foundation’s Education Center now officially open
Regional
On August 3rd, Child Aid Papua Foundation’s Education Center, in Sawinggrai village,... Read More →
Misool Foundation Quarterly Newsletter
Regional
Earlier in the year we published Misool Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report. The process... Read More →
Changing Demographics Requires a New Approach for BHS Travelers
Regional
Anyone who has traveled to Raja in the last few years will notice big changes. There are a lot... Read More →
Spending time in Sorong? This new website will be useful!
Regional
A long time manager at Raja4Divers Resort on Pulau Pef, has recently created a website for... Read More →
Population dynamics of oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) in the Raja Ampat Archipelago, West Papua, Indonesia, and the impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on their movement ecology by Beale, Stewart, Setyawan, Sianipar, Erdmann
Conservation/Science
Our team of scientists in the Bird’s Head are constantly at work. This paper’... Read More →
Blue Abadi Fund June ’19 Newsletter (English dan Bahasa)
Berita Terkini
ABOUT BLUE ABADI The Blue Abadi Fund is a dedicated conservation trust fund for the Bird’s Head... Read More →
“Instagram Tourism”, Are There Too Many Tourists in Raja Ampat?
Regional
“Instagram Tourism” has changed the world’s wild (and not so wild) places... Read More →
Global Conservation Hero Award to West Papua Province
Conservation/Science
Administrator’s note: This article originally appeared in Jakarta’s Antara News... Read More →
Pak Syafri: A Profile of the Director of Raja Ampat’s MPA unit (UPTD) by Susan Vulpas
Conservation/Science
This is the third post in the series, introducing the “team” charged with conservation in the... Read More →
Centre of Excellence Newsletter by Fitryanti Pakiding (Project Leader)
Regional
The quarterly CoE (Centre of Excellence) Newsletter documents the activities by UNIPA’s... Read More →
Six Fishermen Caught Using Explosives in Raja Ampat (translated from PapuaKita.com)
Regional
MPA ranger patrols are working and it appears the Raja Ampat government is serious about taking... Read More →