In this photo taken 30 Apr 2009, divers swim near coral reefs off Komodo island, Indonesia Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea have set new plans to protect the Coral Triangle – a 5.5 million square kilometer area that holds the largest biodiversity in the oceans. Scientists consider it to be […]

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By Indah Setiawati Google Earth and Maps officials have encouraged scientists, divers, government agencies and anyone willing to share their data to help improve their new free feature on oceans so people can get better access when they explore the deep over the Internet. Google’s new Ocean feature has rich images and sharp resolution of […]

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As the biggest archipelagic country in the world, Indonesia has called on the global commu-nity to speak out on the need and significance to preserve the ocean, which plays a key role in food security. Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi told a press briefing Sunday that many countries were affected by global warming, […]

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The World Ocean Conference (WOC) “Climate Change Impacts to Ocean and The Role of Ocean to Climate Change” is currently held in Manado, North Sulawesi, 11-14 May 2009. The WOC will be followed by the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on 15 May 2009. The CTI is intended to protect the coral reefs, the sustainability of […]

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Greenpeace today called on the Forum Fisheries Committee meeting (1) in Niue to support strong measures to clamp down on the pirate and overfishing that threatens Pacific tuna stocks and the economic security of the region. Greenpeace last week applauded the agreement reached by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) (3) to support closure […]

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Yesterday the Hantu Blog commemorated 5 years of show casing local waters by going on the air with 938 Living Room host Pamela Ho. It was a fun 15 min on the air with Pam who’s also a diver. She visited Pulau Hantu several years ago and had heaps of questions about local marine life […]

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Is a reef better than a barrage for the Severn? Peter Bunyard 10/02/2009 The Severn Estuary, earmarked as a potentially huge source of energy, has been met with increasing concerns over serious environmental damage. A report from 2008 by Frontier Economics found that justification for the Severn Barrage is slim – both economically speaking and […]

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BLOG: The Carteret Islanders Dan Box 12/02/2009 Lying off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Carteret Islands are slowly being engulfed by a rising sea. Follow Dan Box’s weekly blog as he journeys to meet the Carteret Islanders – the first people to be officially labelled as climate change refugees. On the morning of […]

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A Game of Cat and Fish: How to Restore the Balance in Sustainable Fisheries Management BENJAMIN K. SOVACOOL Centre on Asia and Globalisation Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore Singapore Abstract: This article argues that continued reliance on input/output controls and restrictions in fisheries management may be insufficient to protect […]

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At today’s launch of the new edition of the Singapore Red Data Book at the Singapore Botanical Gardens, Ria Tan blogs on her WildShores Blog that Pulau Hantu is amongst other offshore marine habitats that have been recognised as critical habitats for the preservation of local biodiversity. The Red Data Book has been invaluable to […]

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