Agus Hikmat, a plant conservation expert at IPB, warned that although there is no nickel mining occurring directly on Waigeo ...

Tourism players in Raja Ampat – Indonesia’s major marine destination and a UNESCO Global Geopark – are warning that ...

The blue orchid in Raja Ampat is categorized as endangered according to the IUCN, but it is not yet listed as a protected ...

A pristine archipelago off Indonesia's east coast emerges as the latest battleground between conservationists and the ...

An investigation by Greenpeace Indonesia that unearthed nickel mining in the biodiverse archipelago of Raja Ampat has further ...

Indonesia’s 2014 coastal areas and small islands management law prohibits mining activities on islands of 2,000 sq km or smaller, like those in Raja Ampat. But companies that meet certain ...

Australian shark experts and aquariums are supporting a world-first conservation project to save the elusive leopard shark in ...

Deforestation caused by nickel mining of PT Kawei Sejahtera Mining in Kawei, a small island in the Raja Ampat archipelago, West Papua, Indonesia. Image taken in December 2024 by Auriga Nusantara.

Konservasi Indonesia Senior Vice President and Executive Chair Meizani Irmadhiany said that the ecological, economic, and social values that have been built by the indigenous people in Raja Ampat for ...

Visiting West Papua’s biodiversity hotspot of Raja Ampat after eye surgery, a traveller beholds a coral wonderland.

Banner image: Sediment is clearly visible close to nickel mining operations on Kawe Island, Raja Ampat, discolouring the water in one of Indonesia’s most biodiverse marine areas.

But this ecological controversy is an example of how the demand for the metals needed to power battery technology - for ...