Aru Islands Regency - Wikipedia
WebThe Aru Islands Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of 6,426.77 km 2 (2,481.39 sq mi).
Aru Islands | Tropical, Mangroves, Wildlife | Britannica
WebAru Islands, easternmost island group of the Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, in the Arafura Sea. Administratively they form part of Maluku province. The group extends north-south about 110 miles (180 km) and some 50 miles (80 km) east-west and consists largely of six main islands (Warilau, Kola,
Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the ...
WebOct 9, 2019 · Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution. by The Gecko Project and Mongabay on 9 October 2019. Mongabay Series: Indonesian Fisheries, Indonesian Forests. In the mid-1800s, the extraordinary biodiversity of the Aru Islands helped inspire the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Aru Islands Travel Guide
WebAru Islands. The Aru Islands archipelago is made up of 95 islands in eastern Indonesia. They sit on the fringes of Maluku Province and are utterly remote so that the few visitors who venture out this far find plenty of peace and quiet. In the mid-19th century, Sir Russel Wallace (colleague of Charles Darwin) stopped in the Aru Islands to pen ...
Aru Islands | Maluku Islands Indonesia | Roamindonesia.com
WebAru Islands. The Aru Islands are as far east as the Maluku province extends. Located east of the Kei Islands and south of West Papua, the approximately 95 islands are a mix of tropical forests, savanna and mangroves with channels running through the larger islands. Connected to both Australia and New Guinea when sea levels were lower the ...
In Indonesia’s Aru Islands, a popular eco-defender climbs the …
WebJun 22, 2023 · ARU ISLANDS, Indonesia — More than 10 years have passed since a young official in Indonesia’s eastern Aru Islands saved his archipelago from becoming a monoculture plantation. Today, Mika Ganobal is drawing on his campaigning background as he governs part of the remote island chain he helped preserve a decade ago.
Aru | KASOAR TRAVEL
WebWhen looking at a map of Indonesia, a tiny archipelago lies at its most south-eastern border, wedged between Australia and Papua: these are the Aru Islands, capital Dobo. A group of islands off everything. Off time, off tourism guidebooks, off the usual beaten tracks.
Defining ‘development’ in the Aru Islands: Q&A with …
WebApr 7, 2020 · by The Gecko Project and Mongabay on 7 April 2020. Mongabay Series: Indonesian Forests. Governments across the world promote development as an antidote to poverty. But what does “development” really mean?
The indigenous people of Aru saved their rainforest from …
WebOct 28, 2019 · This month The Gecko Project and Mongabay published “Saving Aru,” an article revealing how the people of Indonesia’s Aru Islands thwarted a plan to turn much of their homeland into a vast sugarcane plantation. …
Aru - [ Islands of Indonesia ]
WebThe Aru islands are a group of about ninety-five low-lying islands in the Maluku province of eastern Indonesia. The islands are the easternmost in Maluku province, and are located in the Arafura Sea southwest of New Guinea and north of Australia. The largest island is Tanahbesar (also called Wokam); Dobo, the chief port of the
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