Seagrass-Watch Magazine Issue 47 - March 2013 | Page 18

Pari
Indonesia

Islands

Article &
Photography by
Wawan Kiswara

Seagrass threats &
restoration

Household and other waste along the shoreline of Pari Islands, within the Kepulauan Seribu archipelago (Jakarta Bay).

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ocated in the north-west of Jakarta Bay, the Pari Islands
are under pressure from multiple threats, the most
significant originating from the nearby city of Jakarta, the
capital of Indonesia.
The Pari islands are a group of five islands (Pari, Tengah, Kongsi,
Burung and Tikus) which form part of the Thousand Islands
(Indonesian: Kepulauan Seribu) chain stretching 45 km north of
Jakarta's coast into the Java Sea. Pari Island is the biggest i