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Marine Affairs Ministry holds tourism management training

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) organized a training on marine tourism management for the residents ...

Ministry sets target to rehabilitate 200 ha of mangrove forests

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has set a target to rehabilitate 200 ha of mangrove forests in ...

Indonesian researcher bags Newton Prize for research on climate change

Indonesian researcher won the 2019 Newton Prize for research conducted in collaboration with British researcher that ...

UK supports Indonesia's HRD in maritime sector

The United Kingdom Government is supporting the development of human resources (HR) in the maritime field through ...

Sea-level rise poses threat to Jakarta, Semarang, Demak coastal areas

Rising sea levels and decreasing land surface, driven by global climate change, pose an existential crisis to coastal ...

Live mangrove crabs of Maluku in high demand in S'pore and M'sia

Consumers in Singapore and Malaysia have been increasingly demanding live mangrove crabs exported directly from Maluku, ...

Indonesia, Timor Leste, and FAO collaborate to improve marine ecosystems

The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) and government agencies from seven provinces have ...

EU scales up support for victims of tsunami in Indonesia

The European Union (EU) is further allocating 300 thousand euros (approximately Rp4.8 billion) in humanitarian funding ...

Quake rocks Maluku Tenggara Barat district

A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale (SR), rocked the Maluku Tenggara Barat(MTB) district in ...

News Feature - Mangrove forests in Bombana need preservation by otniel tamindael

The mangrove forests scattered in Bombana District, Southeast Sulawesi Province, need to be preserved as a habitat for ...

Indonesia, US launch "State of the Sea" publication

The US and Indonesian governments have launched a reader-friendly publication that provides an overview of Indonesia`s ...

RI,US launch book on the state of the sea

The Government of Indonesia and the United States (US) launched a publication of `The State of the Sea,` which ...

Need for fish continues to increase: Ministry

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has stressed the importance for the nation to continue developing ...

Industrialists asked to stop producing disposable plastic wrapper

Greenpeace Indonesia asks the country`s industrialists to stop producing disposable plastic wrapper to create a ...

Indonesian waters in plastic waste emergency

Indonesian waters are currently in a state of plastic waste emergency that can affect the health of marine animals and ...