01 Jan A Ghost Net’s Journey from Harm to Useful Product
SeaNet ghost nets recycling project in Merauke, please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpAe-M2rnPY&feature=youtu.be...
01 Jan Discarded Indonesian Fishing Nets Arrive in Slovenia to be Recycled into Carpets
It is estimated that a total of 640,000 tons of discarded fishing gear are left in the ocean each year, according to a study released in 2018 by the World Animal Protection. These discarded fishing nets that have been left or lost in the ocean...
01 Jan Did you know? Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been lost, abandoned, or discarded at sea
Did you know? Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been lost, abandoned, or discarded at sea and they are threatening our marine environment. Every year ghost nets are responsible for trapping and killing millions of marine animals including sharks, rays, fish, turtles, dolphins, whales,...
20 Dec CTC Training Alumni Reunion: Marine Conservationists Gather in Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area
Posted on Dec 20, 2018
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Since the establishment of CTC in 2010, through training and learning activities, CTC has more than 4,000 alumni from all over Indonesia and across the Coral Triangle. Eight years after the establishment of CTC, training alumni are returning to reflect on the impact of training...
09 Dec CTC at the 14th CTI-CFF Senior Officials and 7th Ministerial Meeting
Posted on Dec 09, 2018
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CTC joined the delegates of the six member countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) for a week-long meeting, held in Manila, Philippines, from 9-14 December 2018, to take stock of what the multilateral initiative has achieved to...
06 Dec Green Fins Indonesia expands to Komodo National Park
Posted on Dec 06, 2018
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CTC's Green Fins assessors, Marthen Welly and Wira Sanjaya, assessed 3 dive operators in Komodo National Park to become the newest members of Green Fins Indonesia. The dive centers that were assessed included XPirate Dive Camp Komodo, Wunderpus Liveaboard, and Scuba Junkie Komodo. This brings...
29 Nov Green School and Sanur Independent School Learn About Marine Conservation with CTC
Posted on Nov 29, 2018
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On 29 November and 4 December 2018, primary students from the Green School Bali and Sanur Independent School came to visit the Center for Marine Conservation on a field trip to close off this semester's school program. There were 41 students from the Green School...
23 Nov Hard Rock Supports Coral Reef Conservation in Bali
On 23 November 2018, the CTC welcomed the team from Hard Rock Hotel Bali at its Center for Marine Conservation in Sanur. Led by Hard Rock Hotel Bali General Manager Shane Coates, the team came for the ceremonial turnover of a donation amounting to Rp...
13 Nov Sasi Opening Ceremony in Banda Islands
On 13 November 2018, the local community in Ay Island held a traditional "Sasi" opening ceremony. The festivities were initiated by members of the Sairun Village in collaboration with the CTC and local government officials in Maluku Province. Â During the last four years, the villagers...
03 Nov CTC Conducts Cetacean Survey in Banda and Seram Seas
First Person Account by Agustin Capriati and Benjamin Kahn More than a half of cetacean species are classified as vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. This is due to many factors, mainly by anthropogenic activities such as entanglement in fishnets, marine pollution,...
