EFFECTIVENESS OF MANTA RAY CONSERVATION IN INDONESIA

Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Solomon Islands, which are located in South-east Asia, formed the coral-triangle. Those countries are home of nearly 600 different species of reef-building corals and also more than 2000 species of reef fish. They are considered as a place with the most diverse marine habitats globally (WWF, 2014). Indonesia, being an archipelagic country, consists of 17,508 islands scattered around the equator. It is a maritime continent with 2.7 million km2 of territorial […]