2022 Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park in East Indonesia are a designated super premium tourism destination. The increasing tourism and local economical growth contributes to an increase of waste generation. Indonesian Waste Platform manages solid waste management in a community-led waste management program; this includes introducing waste & climate literacy in local schools, logistics for waste and litter collection, raising awareness about the impact of open burning of plastics and the introduction of refilling model to reduce the usage of sachets and pouches which have no recyclability properties. We collaborate with community leaders, Komodo National Park authorities, government of West Manggarai, local hotel, dive & live-aboard associations, local grass root organisations, plastic recycling sector SALS group and MBRC The Ocean. Video courtesy : Metro TV
2022 November – Komodo National Park team and Marta Muslin at IWP took a deep dive into the waters of the Komodo National Park to survey the marine debris situation. Vide courtesy Sea Today
2022 Abandoned, Lost or otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear Fishermen use ice packed in single-use transparent plastic to cool their fish catch when they are out at sea. In Labuan Bajo 20.000 ice bags are sold per day to fisherman, fishmongers in local fish markets and fish trade transports to markets on the mainland of Flores. The bags are not collected. They are discarded directly dumped into the sea or dumped on land. The bags are found in different levels of the water column and eventually part end up on beaches. In the water column the bags resemble jelly-fish; the world’s oceans jellyfish are frequently consumed by a diverse range of marine predators including fish, birds, turtles, and various invertebrates including octopus, sea cucumbers, crabs, and amphipods; Feeding on jellyfish makes marine predators susceptible to ingestion of plastics. We developed a campaign brochure for fishermen and include socialisation about the impact on the ocean in our solid waste management programs.
2022 Every Saturday IWP team and volunteers collect recyclables in Papagaran and clean up litter to prevent marine litter and open burning of plastics. Today result on 27 August 2022 : (PET+Mix Plastic+ Cardboard+Non Recyclables): 629 Kg.
2021 This video is part of our awareness campaign to reduce plastic marine pollution from subsistence fishing communities in Indonesia. Collaboration Indonesian Waste Platform and O.S.E.A.N supported by the Ministry of Fisheries Republic of Korea.
2021 Stakeholder testimonies from Pulau Papagaran in Komodo National Park