At the end of July 2025, Coral Triangle Center (CTC) together with government partners and local communities carried out monitoring and surveillance of marine resources in two important conservation areas in Maluku: the Ay and Rhun Islands Regional Marine Conservation Area (KKD) in Banda, and...
Bali, August 16, 2025 – Marking its 15th anniversary of action, innovation, and collaboration in marine conservation, the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) hosts the Ocean Legacy Awards to honor outstanding partners, individuals, and communities dedicated to protecting the ocean and its biodiversity. The celebration recognized...
Rhun Island recently became the center of an inspiring effort to empower communities through photography. From June 11 to 14, 2025, Coral Triangle Center (CTC), Photovoices International (PVI) and the Government of Rhun Island joined hands to host a four-day training aimed at equipping local...
On March 20, 2025, CTC conducted a comprehensive RUM survey in the Ay-Rhun Islands MPA, located in Maluku Province. This routine survey was carried out in collaboration with multiple government agencies and local communities, aiming to strengthen law enforcement, encourage the adoption of sustainable practices,...
From January 21-23, 2025, CTC, in collaboration with Yayasan Cahaya Samudra Indonesia and local government, conducted a comprehensive waste management training for a women’s group in Rhun Island, within the Ay-Rhun Marine Protected Area (MPA), supported by the Sea Forward Ocean Health Fund. This initiative...
CTC with the local partners recently conducted another bi-monthly surveillance and resource utilization monitoring (RUM) survey in the Ay-Rhun Islands MPA on August 30, 2024. This regular survey involved collaboration with multiple governmental agencies and local communities, aiming to strengthen law enforcement, promote the adoption...
On August 15, 2024, CTC in collaboration with local partners, launched the waste management program in Ay-Rhun Islands MPA, part of Banda MPA Network. The event resulted from the waste management study conducted by CTC earlier this year. The study aimed to analyze the existing...
CTC, alongside a team of consultants led by Dr. Dedi S. Adhuri, a senior researcher from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), has launched a study on marine tenure systems in coastal and marine resources management focusing in Maluku and a subset of Papua....
CTC’s Ocean Keeper Club (OKC) wrapped out February with an engaging fun-learning session themed “Let’s Go to the Mangroves”. The two-hour class, three main characters Max, Mindy, and Octa the Octopus, along with the CTC facilitators, guided the young ocean keepers to learn about the...
The Coral Triangle Center (CTC) is currently conducting a survey on plastic waste in Banda Islands. Taking place from February 1st to March 16th, 2024, the study will be divided into several phases: preparation, training of enumerators, data collection and analysis, stakeholder consultation, and final...
