Bird's Head Seascape Bird's Head Seascape Archives - Page 26 of 42

Conserving the Leatherback Sea Turtle by Ricardo F. Tapilatu For over 100 million years, leatherback sea turtles have swum the world’s oceans. Each year, these creatures, which represent the last...

International Conference on Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Bird’s Head Seascape

22 Jun 2016

UNIPA (Universitas Papua) will be organizing an International Conference on Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Bird’s Head Seascape. The conference will be held in Manokwari between...

Bird's Head Seascape, Conservation, Coral Triangle, ecology, education, environment, Indonesia, initiatives, Local communities, MPA, protected areas, raja ampat, sustainability, town meetings, West Papua

Incorporating community aspirations into MPA planning in the global centre of marine biodiversity by Sangeeta Mangubhai

20 Jun 2016

Incorporating community aspirations into MPA planning in the global centre of marine biodiversity By Sangeeta Mangubhai Overexploitation of coastal resources is causing irrevocable changes in the...

Biak, Bird's Head Seascape, Cenderawasih Bay, Coral Triangle, discovery, diving, environment, guidebook, Halmahera, Indonesia, Mapia Atoll, news, photography, raja ampat, triton bay, West Papua

Diving & Snorkeling Guide to Raja Ampat & NE Indonesia by Tim Rock & Simon Pridmore

13 Jun 2016

Diving & Snorkeling Guide to Raja Ampat & NE Indonesia by Tim Rock & Simon Pridmore Tim Rock and Simon Pridmore should be well known names to the Indonesian diving & travel...

Bird's Head Seascape, Conservation, Coral Triangle, devil ray, diving, environment, Indonesia, Manta Ray, mobula ray, photography, protected areas, raja ampat, tourism, West Papua

Dark Clouds by Alex Lindbloom

06 Jun 2016

Dark Clouds by Alex Lindbloom As we gently drifted around the picturesque Raja seascape, where gorgonian sea fans and lush soft coral cover every inch of the terrain, the water suddenly went dark...

Edi Frommenwiler (BHS Pioneer): A History Lesson by Maurine Shimlock

30 May 2016

Edi Frommenwiler (BHS Pioneer): A History Lesson by Maurine Shimlock Edi Frommenwiler might have logged just a mere 85 dives in 1992 when he built the Pindito, Indonesia’s first international...

Bird's Head Seascape, Coral Triangle, environment, Indonesia, raja ampat, snorkeling

Snorkeling with CNN by Tammy Kwan for CNN

23 May 2016

Raja Ampat (West Papua, Indonesia) by Tammy Kwan Originally posted by CNN in an article titled “11 of the world’s best snorkeling destinations”. Of course Raja makes the top of...

Berita Terkini, Bird's Head Seascape, Coral Triangle, discovery, diving, ecology, education, environment, Indonesia, natives, news, raja ampat, sustainability, tourism, West Papua

Nimbert Kabes – Between Two Worlds by Susan Hutchings

02 May 2016

Nimbert Kabes – Between Two Worlds by Susan Huthings In the mid 1980’s, shortly before the birth of their second son, Elsina Saleo and Johan Kabes took a trip from their village of...

art, Bird's Head Seascape, Conservation, Coral Triangle, environment, Indonesia, ocean art, raja ampat, sculpture, West Papua

Courtney Mattison: Ocean Artist

25 Apr 2016

Courtney Mattison: Ocean Artist Courtney Mattison is an artist and ocean advocate working to inspire policy makers and the public to conserve our changing seas. She primarily hand-sculpts...

BRUVs Shark Research in Raja Ampat ~ by Angela Beer

18 Apr 2016

BRUVs SHARK RESEARCH in RAJA AMPAT by Angela Beer Conservation International (CI)’s Mark Erdmann previously blogged about the Bird’s Head Seascape surpassing the milestone of 1750 reef fish...