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Misool Eco Resort

Founded and funds the Misool Marine Reserve — a 121,400-hectare (300,000-acre) no-take zone in Raja Ampat, the largest in Indonesia, leased directly from local villages — 121,400 hectares protected in Raja Ampat, funded by every stay.

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Ranger's Receipt
Misool, Raja Ampat · Indonesia
ONE RIDICULOUSLY GOOD ADVENTURE
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  • 18rangers on patrol, funded
  • 1,000+patrols a year
  • 121,400 hano-take zone kept wild — a reserve you'd need four days to cross
  • 3½ fishnow, where there was one, in 2007
  • ~3×as many sharks as in 2012
  • once dynamite-fished, now Indonesia's largest no-take zone
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TOTAL: You went. The reef won.
Fish biomass up 248% from 2007–2021 — roughly 3.5x the original. Sharks up 190% since 2012 — roughly 3x. 121,400 hectares, Indonesia's largest no-take marine zone, patrolled by 18 rangers on 1,000+ patrols a year. Source: Misool Foundation reef monitoring, https://www.misoolfoundation.org/misool-marine-reserve
Conservation programs
  • Founded and funds the Misool Marine Reserve — a 121,400-hectare (300,000-acre) no-take zone in Raja Ampat, the largest in Indonesia, leased directly from local villages
  • Fish biomass inside the reserve rose 248% (2007–2021) and shark numbers rose 190% since 2012
  • Misool Foundation runs an 18-person local ranger unit conducting 1,000+ patrols a year from 5 boats across 3 stations
  • Community patrol model built with local villages and the Raja Ampat Marine Park Authority
The work, measured
121.4K haprotected
1 countryof operation
2 protected areasunder management
Source year: 2026
The frontline
18 rangersand patrol staff
1,000 patrol daysa year
1 jurisdictionunder active agreement
RiskEnforces against illegal and destructive fishing across a remote marine reserve
Source year: 2026
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