In 2024, Scenic Eclipse will be cruising to a little-known chain of islands better known as Raja Ampat in Indonesia. It is one of the most ecologically rich and unspoilt paradises in the world and is ...

Environmental groups have captured images of sediment run-off turning the otherwise emerald green waters around Indonesia's Raja Ampat islands murky brown, where they warn nickel mining threatens one ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the heart of the Coral Triangle, Raja Ampat stuns with its untouched beauty. Dive in and witness nature’s masterpiece ...

Nickel mining in Raja Ampat, a renowned tourist destination in Southwest Papua, may further endanger the survival of the rare Papuan blue orchid, according to an environmental expert from Bogor ...

Indonesia has laid out its plan for restoring the damaged reef at Raja Ampat, struck by a cruise ship earlier this year. The plan cannot proceed until compensation talks with small ship cruise liner ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Assistant Professor from the Faculty of Forestry and Environment at IPB University, Agus Hikmat, stated that the blue orchid (Dendrobium azureum Schuit), a rare and endemic species ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia (holding the fence) inspects the PT Gag Nikel mine on Gag Island, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, June 7, 2025. esdm.goid Minister of ...