BPOLBF secures Parapuar land-rights certificate for planned tourism zone
Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo Flores Tourism Authority now holds an HPL certificate over about 129.6 hectares in Parapuar Zone 1, inside a planned 400-hecta…
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Three Flores SAR emergencies in 2023 highlight boat and surf safety risks
Three separate 2023 search and rescue operations in Sikka and Ende — engine failure at sea, a child swept from coastal rocks, and a passenger boat bre…
Wastehub cleanup removes 912 kilograms of waste at Komodo and Labuan Bajo
In June 2023, Waste Solution Hub and Oceanic Society coordinated underwater and beach cleanups around Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park, mobilising…
IWP Reports 89 Waste Trips in Labuan Bajo Area in 2022
IWP said it carried out 89 waste-collection trips in 2022 across islands near Labuan Bajo, collecting 51,881 kilograms of material and sending recycla…
TAKA and WWF-Indonesia Conduct Six-Day Komodo Reef Health Survey
TAKA and WWF-Indonesia jointly implemented a six-day reef health monitoring survey in Komodo National Park, using benthic and reef fish sampling proto…
Why Labuan Bajo’s Tidal Currents Can Reverse Twice Daily
Research on the Sape Strait east of Labuan Bajo shows surface currents typically flow north on the rising tide and south on the falling tide, in a mix…
Labuan Bajo cleanups recorded 20,007.54 kilograms of marine debris
Government records show Labuan Bajo cleanups collected 19,000 kilograms of debris in 2017 and a further 1,007.54 kilograms in 2018, for a combined tot…