Bird's Head Seascape Manta Ray Archives - Page 9 of 9

The amazing folks who are Misool Eco Resort are real BHS heros. Besides managing a world class resort, they work very hard protecting the environment and helping the locals. Their newsletters...

“Guardians of Raja Ampat” film by Shawn Heinrichs and John Weller

16 Mar 2015

“Guardians of Raja Ampat”-The Film by Shawn Heinrichs and John Weller Want to watch too? The film is now available. The Bird’s Head Seascape would like to thank Shawn and John...

Bird's Head Seascape, Coral Triangle, diversity, diving, environment, Indonesia, Manta Ray, photography, raja ampat, scuba, tourism, West Papua

Happy to be Back! by Alex Lindbloom

16 Feb 2015

Happy to be Back! by Alex Lindbloom It’s been roughy eight months since my last dive in Raja Ampat and somehow I had forgotten just how spectacular the diving is here. From the...

Bird's Head Seascape, Coral Triangle, diving, environment, Indonesia, Manta, Manta Ray, photography, raja ampat, scuba, tourism, West Papua

Manta Mantra by Don Silcock

02 Feb 2015

Manta Mantra by Don Silcock Almost like clockwork they appear every day – usually just after 8 AM, in time for their morning ablutions. The trick is to let them be cleaned in peace from...

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

My Best Dive…so far! by Jeff Lemelin

05 Jan 2015

My Best Dive…so far! by Jeff Lemelin The ocean’s surface was calm with shades of deep blue and green melting together as our tender headed to the dive site in Misool, Raja Ampat. I...

Bird's Head Seascape, Conservation, conservation, Coral Triangle, education, endangered species, environment, Manta Ray, news

Manta Ray protection laws yield results

10 Nov 2014

The following three links are to recent news articles about the implementation and enforcement of Indonesia’s new nation-wide Manta Ray protection laws. From the New York Times:...

Bird's Head Seascape, conservation, Coral Triangle, diving, education, environment, Manta Ray, photography

Pengalaman Pertama Saya di Raja Ampat by Carla Kerstan & photos by Shawn Heinrichs

30 May 2014

Pengalaman Pertama Saya di Raja Ampat Saya sangat bersemangat ketika diberi kesempatan bergabung dalam perjalanan monitoring pari manta di Raja Ampat selama 10 hari. Saat itu saya masih magang di...

Manta Ray Research Boosts Smart Policies and Ecotourism in Indonesia by Shawn Heinrichs

05 Dec 2013

This post initially appeared on Conservation Internationals’ blog “Human Nature” (conservation.org/blog) on December 17, 2013 By Shawn Heinrichs Recently returned from a manta ray research...