On Sept. 27, UNESCO designated 26 new biosphere reserves, including Indonesia’s Raja Ampat, which is also recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark; the two designations make it one of few places on Earth ...

RAJA AMPAT, Indonesia — Throughout time, explorers have combed the farthest reaches of the world for that one shot of discovering new life. Dr. Mark Erdmann has taken that shot 89 times. Since coming ...

IT TOOK one plunge to realize that the long trip to get here—48 hours in all—had been worth it. Staring down into the water, I floated above a dizzying variety of corals: Some looked like giant, ...

Raja Ampat is one of the last true ocean paradises, where reefs stretch endlessly and marine life moves in every direction.

Raja Ampat, a famous archipelago in Indonesia's West Papua Province, has been recognized as a biosphere reserve. Among the 30 new UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves, Raja Ampat is considered the ...

Edy Setyawan has received funding from the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) New Zealand, and the WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN), ...

In recent years, Indonesia has doubled down on promoting Raja Ampat, a remote archipelago in West Papua famed for its biodiversity, as a global eco-tourism icon. In an effort to do so, the government ...

Once we can travel, put this Indonesian archipelago on your bucket list: 1,500 islands, 1,400 species of fish, 600 types of coral, and all the luxuries of the small ship Aqua Blu. “Arrival is never ...

I was sitting in a tender in total darkness in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, clutching a ceramic cup of coffee in the hope that the heat and caffeine would wake me up. I had come to Indonesia's ...

The Indonesian government has revoked the licenses of four nickel mining companies operating in the Raja Ampat archipelago in the east of the country, citing multiple “environmental violations.” ...

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 ...