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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 ...

Indonesia awarded Best Diving Destination in world

Indonesia was awarded the Best Dive Destination 2017 by British Dive Magazine at the World Travel Market (WTM) London ...

Ketawai Island popular among foreign yachts

The Ketawai Island resort in Central Bangka District, Bangka-Belitung (Babel) Province, has become more popular and ...

Jakarta Bay reclamation project resumes as moratorium lifted

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, on Oct 5 issued a Ministerial Decree No ...

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 ...

Indonesia, Singapore sign MoUs on education, disaster risk management

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong witnessed the signing of several MoUs 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 ...

Indonesia starts developing offshore aquaculture: Ministry

Three pilot sites of offshore aquaculture have been launched to breed the Barramundi and Sea Bass fishes in Aceh and ...

Aceh province continues to develop halal tourism

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

Government establishes updated Indonesian map

The government has established the newly updated Indonesian map after a series of discussions since Oct 2016, an ...

Pudjiastuti calls on countries to work together to fight destructive fishing

Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has called on other countries to work together to ...

Global agency needed to organize marine protection: Minister

The world needs an independent global agency to organize marine protection, Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries ...