#marine conservation

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Jakarta strengthens role of fishers in preserving marine ecosystem

The Jakarta administration has optimized the role of fishing and community groups to maintain and protect ecosystems in ...

Ministry emphasizes importance of conservation in climate mitigation

The Environment and Forestry Ministry drew attention to the importance of conservation to control climate change ...

Indonesia outlines 18 goals for empowering customary law communities

Indonesia's Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Ministry is seeking to utilize village ...

Pandjaitan and foreign envoys conduct coral reef planting in Bali

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, and several foreign ambassadors ...

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Conserving North Maluku's maritime treasures

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, with its 17,508 islands spread over an area of nearly two ...

US Embassy holds commemorative event marking Battle of Sunda Strait

The US Embassy, on March 1, hosted eminent guests from the Indonesian, Australian, and U.S. Navies, Armed Forces, and ...

Ministry checks coral reef damage after ship run aground in Raja Ampat

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has collected evidence on damage to coral reef ecosystem in Raja Ampat ...

Mary Kay to support sea turtle conservation efforts and promote sustainable eco-tourism practices with the Nature Conservancy in the Solomon Islands

This November, Mary Kay Inc. is excited to announce its partnership with The Nature Conservancy to protect the ...

No trade-off between economic recovery, environmental preservation

The Indonesian government has stressed that there will be no trade-off between economic recovery and environmental ...

W Sumatra's Pieh Island declared sea mammal conservation area

The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has declared Pieh Island in West Sumatra as a conservation area and migration ...

20-meter-long whale washes ashore on Rote Ndao Coast, NTT

A dead whale washed ashore in a mangrove forest on Tasilo village beach, Rote Ndao District, East Nusa Tenggara ...

Raja Ampat to reduce liveaboard boats operating in its waters

The Raja Ampat District administration in West Papua will reduce the number of liveaboard boats operating in the waters ...

Indonesia achieves marine protected area expansion target in 2018

Indonesia has attained the target to expand marine protected areas to 22.68 million hectares in 2018, Head of Research ...

57 tour package buyers explore tourist sites in Maluku

At least 57 domestic and foreign tour package buyers who attended the 6th Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF) in Nusa ...

Indonesia, US announce new marine conservation zones in North Maluku

Three new Marine Conservation Zones (KKP) in North Maluku were declared by Indonesia and the United States to ...