Miley and Maya, sixth grade students from Mentari Intercultural School Jakarta, recently organized a fundraising project called Kind.is.us. to support causes close to their hearts such as dog rescue and coral conservation. Together, they raised funds and will donate the funds to support CTC’s...
We recently celebrated the 3rd Anniversary of Kedai Kopi Hilly our coffee shop located in the Center for Marine Conservation. We marked the event on March 4, 2022 with a small gathering of CTC friends and partners who collaborated to make a “Community Art...
This month, we launched CTC's Ocean Keeper Club - an open virtual club for young people aged 7-11 years old to learn about the beauty of our ocean and its unique inhabitants, as well as the challenges they face! This kids club aims to inspire...
We recently hosted our supporters Pak George Tahija and media partners, NOW! Bali and Bali Buddies, in an effort to actively promote our a ctivities to tourists, families and students, following the easing of government's travel restrictions to the island. We believe that the collaboration with...
Since October 2021, CTC Center for Marine Conservation received two interns from Universitas Prasetiya Mulya. As a third-year student of Hospitality Business, Nyoman Krisna Wati and Eveline Gaby Sutanto had an interest in learning the framework of an NGO and marine conservation in general. These...
To further optimize the utilization of seaweed products in the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA), CTC conducted a training workshop for women groups to create eco-friendly plastic substitute products such as straws and food packaging using seaweed. The seaweed processing training, which took place in...
CTC participated in the 6th Annual Bali’s Biggest Clean-Up by organizing a local event in Sanur this year. Together with local community group and private sectors, in just 30 minutes, we collected 49.25 kgs of non-organic trash and prevented it from being ended up...
Since 2020, preparing qualified staff in the management of Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Indonesia has been a five-year national target. To realize this objective, CTC as one of official Competency Assessment Centers in the country, conducted an online assessment and test of 25 MPA...
In the second quarter of 2021, CTC welcomed esteemed scientist Dr. Rodney Salm to our Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Salm is concurrently the Senior Adviser Emeritus, Micronesia Marine Program at The Nature Conservancy. Dr. Salm was raised in Mozambique and has a Ph.D. from The...
Over the last several years, reefs along the northern coast of Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA) have suffered from widespread coral breakage. The cause of this coral breakage are due to irresponsible marine tourism, disease, coral bleaching and aquaculture. In 2020, CTC conducted an ecological...
