#coral reef

Collection of coral reef news, found 235 news.

Overcoming challenges in developing "Bay of Paradise"

In the development of tourism sector in the "Bay of Paradise," better known as the Cendrawasih Bay National Park area ...

AIS Conference highlights importance of trust fund to finance climate change projects

Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Conference has highlighted the importance of providing a voluntary trust fund to ...

LIPI launches Coral Reef Health Index

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), through the Center for Oceanographic Research (P2O), has launched the ...

Ministries, police uncover illegal fishing network, seize bombs and seeds

The Indonesian government has uncovered an illegal fishing network that had been operating in the country for the past ...

Indonesia, Norway commit to assure sea healthiness

Indonesia and Norway have made commitment to jointly work to assure sea healthiness to reduce the impact of climate ...

Protection of Indonesian coral reefs still needed

Indonesia, which is home to some 10-25 percent of the worlds coral reefs, still needs to increase public awareness on ...

Aceh to tap tourism potential through sail event

Aceh Province is a special region of Indonesia located in northern end of Sumatra Island and is rich in natural ...

Aceh province continues to develop halal tourism

After winning the prizes in the National Halal Tourism Competition (KPHN), the Indonesian westernmost province of Aceh ...

El Nino induced coral bleaching across Indonesian waters: Institute of Sciences

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) reported that the El Nino natural phenomenon that occurred during the ...

Coral reefs in Sawu Sea cover 63,339 hectares

The Head of East Nusa Tenggara Provinces Environment Office, Benyamin Lola, stated that various studies have revealed ...

Indonesia promotes partnership scheme to offer finance to fishermen

Indonesias government is promoting a partnership scheme to help finance small fishermen at a working group meeting of ...

Ministry declares 18,882 meter square of Raja Ampat coral reef damaged

A total of 18,882 meter square of coral reef in the Raja Ampat sub-district, West Papua, had been declared damaged by ...

Local government to check sailing permit of MV Caledonian Sky

The West Papua provincial government will review the sailing permit of the British-owned cruise ship MV Caledonian Sky ...

MV Caledonia Sky is owned by Swedish company: British ambassador

The MV Caledonia Sky cruise ship that damaged the coral reefs in Raja Ampat, West Papua, was owned and operated by a ...

EARTH WIRE -- Coral reef destruction during recent shipwreck hurting Raja Ampat tourism

Roughly 1,600 square meters of coral reefs in Raja Ampat District, West Papua Province, are said to have been damaged ...