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Selamat datang bulan Agustus! Kali ini kami dari Program Sains untuk Konservasi LPPM Universitas Papua kembali menyapa Sobat Lestari dengan kumpulan cerita-cerita dari lapang selama bulan... Read More →
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How an extraordinary new effort is giving sharks “a fighting chance” by Mary Kate McCoy
Reprinted from the Conservation International blog post Jul 24, 2023. Follow this link to read the original post. By Mary Kate McCoy Off the coast of Indonesia’s easternmost island, on a bright... Read More →
ReShark/StAR update featuring “Mali”: A Multifaceted Trip part 2 by Burt Jones
Administrator’s note: This post is part 2 of my “multifaceted” journey to Raja. Since late 2021 we have been posting about the StAR Project and its ambitious umbrella... Read More →
A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae by various authors
Administrator’s note: Nudibranchs in the genus Hexabranchus, commonly known as Spanish Dancers, are found in both the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Consequently they are encountered... Read More →
Raja: A Multifaceted Journey, part 1 by Burt Jones
I recently had the good fortune to spend almost 3 weeks at Misool Resort in SE Raja Ampat. Although I’ve visited the Bird’s Head Seascape numerous times since Maurine’s and my... Read More →
Walking Shark Protections Bring Hope for other Species by Mary Kate McCoy
This article is posted with permission from Conservation International. It originally appeared in their Blog: Notes from the Field (April 19, 2023) by Mary Kate McCoy. The Indonesian government... Read More →
Teluk Sebakor: Fakfak’s Topside WonderBay & Bat Cave!
We are posting a series of recently surveyed dive sites in the Bird’s Head Seascape last frontier, Fakfak and the Bomberai peninsula. This is the sixth in the series, North Teluk Sebakor... Read More →
Uncaging Zebras of the Reef by *Made Abiyoga Udaya
Laid overseas in a public aquarium, zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) egg cases, which survived trans-Pacific shipment, have finally hatched in specialised facilities in Raja Ampat. Since the... Read More →
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Semai: New Divesites in the Bomberai/Fakfak
We are posting a series of recently surveyed dive sites in the Bird’s Head Seascape last frontier, Fakfak and the Bomberai peninsula. This is the fourth in the series, Semai Island and... Read More →
StAR Project Update, part 4 by Made Abiyoga Udaya
This is part 4 of the series. Administrator’s note: In September of 2021 we first introduced the ambitious StAR project, which will hopefully re-wild Raja Ampat with the charismatic Zebra... Read More →