Komodo Park Limits Anchoring to Deep, Sandy Areas Outside Reef Zones
Komodo National Park’s visitor brochure and zoning rules bar anchoring on reefs at dive sites and restrict anchoring elsewhere to deep, sandy-bottom w…
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Mooring Buoys
Komodo mooring buoys expand, but 2018 20-site plan remains unclear
Government and conservation sources confirm ongoing mooring buoy installation and maintenance in Komodo National Park and around Labuan Bajo, but publ…
Komodo’s Early Mooring Buoys Targeted Small Dive Boats, Big-Boat Buoys Came Later
A 2002 report by The Nature Conservancy and later park documents show Komodo National Park’s first 25 mooring buoys were installed for small to medium…
UNESCO logged Komodo visitor counts and 20 mooring buoys by 2003
A 2003 UNESCO review of Komodo National Park records visitor statistics collected since 1980 and the installation of 20 floating mooring buoys from 19…