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Floods muddy the waters of Australia’s Great Barrier ReefAs some of you may be aware, Townsville (Australia) and the surrounding regions were recently hit by a monsoon which dumped an unprecedented 1.4m of rain in less than 2 weeks. The ensuing chaos saw the area officially declared as a disaster, and resulted in hundreds of…
Love sea turtles? So do we!There are seven species of sea turtle in the world, 4 of which found in Raja Ampat. Hawksbill and Green turtles are amongst the most commonly sighted during dives and snorkels, with Olive Ridley sighted occasionally, and in the furthermost outreaches – there are leatherback nesting beaches. Here some fast…
Fifty Shades of GreenWHAT IS ECOTOURISM?Ecotourism became a buzz word in 1990s with the first visible signs of climate change. Many terms are used interchangeably with ecotourism, like nature tourism, alternative tourism, ethical tourism, sustainable tourism or green tourism. As consumers became more environmentally conscious and started to prefer low impact products, green became gold for…
6 weeks in Paradise… Memoirs of a SEA Centre DivemasterMantas, a huge diversity of soft and hard corals. Wobbegongs, turtles, sharks and rays. Nudibranchs in more colors and shapes then you could imagine. Octopus, dolphins, scorpionfish, lobsters, walking sharks, clams, crabs, huge schools of fish…. it’s a snapshot of the marine life I can spot and…
2018 is the International Year of the Reef – let’s start with the basicsTo kick of 2018 being the INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE REEF.. let’s start with the basics: why are coral reefs important?Well the fact is.. we humans need coral reefs for everything from food to money, protection and medicine! From the basics to…
In 2018, let Fridays be Plastic Free! #plasticfreefridayNew Year’s resolutions come and go… but this year, let’s make it interesting and set our resolution to something that really matters. For the duration of 2018, for one day each week, we invite you to GO PLASTIC FREE!There are so many ways to cut the unnecessary plastics…
Yaf Keru: an update, and a milestone!With September having come and gone, Yaf Keru officially turned 1! It was in September 2016 that we put our first structures in the water, and transplanted the first coral fragments… and so much has grown and changed since then! There’s more structures, coral fragments are growing steadily, and…
The worldwide importance and influence of Raja Ampat’s reefsGo back a few years… and no-one but a few scientists had heard of the place; a remote and unexplored location, abundant with an extraordinary amount of marine biodiversity. Fast forward to now and Raja Ampat is the name on top of every divers “must see” list. For most,…