Rehabilitasi Mangrove Terkendala Alih Fungsi Lahan
Sekretaris Utama Badan Restorasi Gambut dan Mangrove (BRGM) Ayu Dewi Utari saat menjadi pembicara kunci dalam diskusi grup terarah bertema “Restorasi Ekosistem Mangrove di Pesisir Utara, Desa Mayangan Kabupaten Subang” via daring, Selasa (21/6/2022). BRGM menargetkan rehabilitasi sekitar 600.000 hektar mangrove hingga 2024. BANDUNG, KOMPAS — Badan Restorasi Gambut dan […]
Young Guardians of the Coast
A line of mangrove saplings planted by locals along the beach in West Yensawai Village, Bantata Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, March 25, 2022. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – SEVERAL teenage girls walked slowly toward the beach of West Yensawai. They were not afraid to wade deeper into the tidal water, which eventually reached as […]
Hoping for the Dugongs to Return
A line of mangrove saplings planted by locals along the beach in West Yensawai Village, Bantata Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, March 25, 2022. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Residents of Yensawai plant mangroves, seagrass, and corals to protect their village’s ecosystem. They hope that it could become a tourist destination. STANDING facing the beach […]
A Seagrass Restoration Project to Preserve the Past May Also Protect the Future
Linani Arifin, 40, is a resident of West Yensawai village in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, where the coastal ecosystem has been declining due to climate change impacts and development. Almira Nadia Kusuma is a young marine scientist who has studied seagrass for years. Together, they lead a group of teenagers […]
Fisher Groups are the Marine Militia in Indonesia’s War on Illegal Fishing
Indonesia has a vast maritime area, but not enough personnel to patrol and monitor for illegal and destructive fishing. To address this gap, in recent years the government has incentivized fishers and other coastal communities to form monitoring groups that are responsible for patrolling their local waters. In the Raja […]
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 […]