In Raja Ampat, children learn that their knowledge can help protect their islands

ARBOREK, West Papua, Indonesia — “Rockhead fish, salamander fish, starfish and coral.” That’s what dozens of children from Arborek, a small island in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, said when asked what they see in nature that is yellow and orange.

The children rattled off the fish and other marine life they encounter when they play […]