Love to snorkel? Consider this picturesque set of islands for your next trip, where you'll be able to spot stunning coral ...

RAJA AMPAT, Indonesia - The Raja Ampat islands in eastern Indonesia have beautiful white-sand beaches, untouched jungles and hidden blue lagoons - perfect for the growing back-to-nature tourism.

Raja Ampat is one of the richest in bio-marine life in the world. But many inhabitants of the cluster of islands in West Papua, Indonesia live in poverty.

Indonesia, with its vast archipelago of over 17,000 islands, offers an incredible diversity of natural wonders, from ...

The Raja Ampat Islands are an archipelago off the northwest tip of Bird’s Head Peninsula in West Papua province in Indonesia. Raja Ampat, meaning ‘The Four Kings’, comprises of more than ...

Raja Ampat comprises some 1,500 coral-fringed islands in crystal-clear waters in Indonesia’s West Papua province; The area is stunning, with natural beauty, huge biodiversity, and the best way ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Indonesian government announced Tuesday they had suspended four nickel mining operations in Raja Ampat, one of the country’s top tourist destinations for diving and ...

A government study in 2022 estimated that a deposit of 482 million tonnes of nickel ore can be found under the calm waters of Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua. The Jakarta Post visits the archipelago to ...

The Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association expressed concerns about the expansion of nickel mining in Raja Ampat last year. Despite a March 2024 ruling by Indonesia’s constitutional court ...

Indonesia halts nickel mining in Raja Ampat because the environmental risk is too high. ... "These islands often measure only a few hundred hectares and could literally disappear," Greenpeace ...