Melihat Cara Masyarakat Yensawai Barat Konservasi Pesisir
Kalau anyaman dari pandan untuk wadah makanan, sudah biasa. Di Yensawai Barat, Pulau Batanta, Papua Barat, ada yang beda, kerajinan tangan dari daun pandan ini jadi pengganti polybag. Ia digunakan buat wadah bibit-bibit mangrove. Wadah bibit pakai anyaman pandan peluang hidup tanaman lebih tinggi. Larena kecenderungan plastik polymer polybag sukar […]
Not Just Marine Life, the Coral Triangle Sustains an Indonesian Community
RAJA AMPAT, INDONESIA — Veronika Mambrasar has been making coconut oil-based soaps on Meosara Kecil (Small Meosara) island in Raja Ampat, Indonesia’s eastern province of West Papua, since March as a means of capitalizing on coconut resources on her home island. Funded by the Indonesian government, Mama Vero (Mother Vero), 47, […]
Indonesia’s Raja Ampat: Balancing Tourism with Protecting the Sea
The view from the Piaynemo tourist site in the Raja Ampat archipelago of eastern Indonesia RAJA AMPAT, Indonesia – The tourism industry in the coral-studded, flora and fauna-rich Raja Ampat archipelago of eastern Indonesia is counting on the end of travel restrictions to help put once-promising growth back on track. Konstantinus […]
Raja Ampat Coastal Community on Frontline of Defending Coral Reefs
The greenish blue waters as seen from the top of Piaynemo in Raja Ampat, West Papua A coastal community on the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua, the easternmost region of Indonesia, is playing an important role on the frontline of the fight to preserve coral reefs threatened by human […]
FEATURE: Indonesian Coastal Community on Frontline of Defending Coral Reefs
Transplantated coral reef in Yensawai, Raja Ampat A coastal community on the Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua, the easternmost region of Indonesia, is playing an important role on the frontline of the fight to preserve coral reefs threatened by human activities. Raja Ampat, which means “Four Kings,” comprises four […]
Kelompok Pelaksana Rehabilitasi Terumbu Karang Gili Indah Terbentuk
Tanjung, KLU – COREMAP-CTI ADB (Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program- Coral Triangle Initiatif Asian Development Bank) membentuk Kelompok Pelaksana Rehabilitasi dan Penerima Aset Rehabilitasi Terumbu Karang di Gili Air, Desa Gili Indah, Kabupaten Lombok Utara (25/4). Kegiatan dibuka oleh Kepala Desa Gili Indah, Wardana. Kegiatan ini merupakan bagian dari […]
Indonesia’s Raja Ampat: balancing tourism with protecting the sea
The view from the Piaynemo tourist site in the Raja Ampat archipelago of eastern Indonesia. (Photo by Randy Mulyanto) RANDY MULYANTO, Contributing writerApril 26, 2022 16:14 JST RAJA AMPAT, Indonesia — The tourism industry in the coral-studded, flora and fauna-rich Raja Ampat archipelago of eastern Indonesia is counting on the end of […]
Nona-nona Penjaga ”Andoi”
Keberhasilan rehabilitasi Padang Lamun di Pulau Batanta, Raja Ampat, Papua Barat tidak terlepas dari peran anak-anak perempuan Kampung Yensawai. Dari semangat merekalah ekosistem laut dan pesisir bisa tetap lestari. KOMPAS/FERGANATA INDRA RIATMOKO Lamun tumbuh subur di kawasan pantai Pulau Arborek, Distrik Meosmansar, Raja Ampat, Papua Barat, Sabtu (29/5/2021). Arborek merupakan […]
Program COREMAP-CTI Sukses Merehabilitasi Ribuan Meter Ekosistem Pesisir di Raja Ampat
Raja Ampat, InfoPublik – Program Rehabilitasi dan Pengelolaan Terumbu Karang – Inisiatif Segitiga Terumbu Karang atau Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program-Coral Triangle Initiative (COREMAP-CTI) yang diimplementasikan Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCFT) bersama mitranya di Raja Ampat, Papua Barat, telah merehabilitasi 100 meter persegi luasan wilayah ekosistem terumbu karang, 1000 meter persegi wilayah […]