#marine biota

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Coastal community crucial for protecting nation`s sovereignty

In an archipelagic nation, with thousands of islands scattered across the ocean, the presence of the coastal ...

Ramli insists ministers have authority to cancel reclamation project

Certain ministers have the authority to cancel the reclamation project that has violated the existing regulations, ...

Government cancels G Island reclamation project

The government officially cancels the G island reclamation project in the Jakarta bay saying development of the ...

Saving Bunaken from garbage pollution

The Bunaken National Marine Park in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi is renowned worldwide for its innate ...

Increasing tourist visits to Wakatobi

Efforts to start regular flight services connecting major cities in Indonesia to the Wakatobi district will increase ...

Attractive saltwater lakes in Raja Ampat

Dozens of attractive saltwater lakes on several islands of Raja Ampat in the Indonesian province of West Papua add to ...

Australia must end its occupation of Timor Sea: Observer

Ferdi Tanoni, an observer of the Timor Sea issue, expressed support to the people of Timor Leste for demanding the ...

Nambo beach cleaned up to attract tourists

Nambo beach, a popular marine tourism object in Kendari district, Southeast Sulawesi, is being cleaned up to make it ...

Indonesia Gears Up For Research In Unexplored Deep Sea

Indonesia is the biggest archipelagic country in the world, with around 70 percent of its territory is waters and it ...

Coral reefs as sustainer of food security

Coral reefs, the major topic of discussion in the World Coral Reef Conference (WCRC) in Manado, on May 14-16, 2014, ...

WCRC expected to yield coral management agreement: VP

The World Coral Reef Conference (WCRC) in the North Sulawesi provincial city of Manado is expected to yield an ...

LIPI to deploy special ships for deep-sea research

The Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) will use research vessels equipped with multibeam echosounders capable of ...

LIPI intensifies marine research in Eastern Indonesian waters

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has been intensifying deep sea research in eastern Indonesian waters which ...

Save Mangrove Save Earth

- The Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan ordained the world football player Cristiano Ronaldo as the Ambasador of the ...

2013 Coral Triangle Day: The Marine Conservation Momentum

- The date of June 9 has been designated as The Coral  Triangle Day as agreed in 3rd ministerial meeting of member ...