The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) Women Leaders Forum (WLF) Regional Exchange 2025 took place from 22–26 September in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Centered on the theme “From Southeast Asia to Melanesia: Celebrating the Resilient Voyage of Our Women Leaders,”...
On June 9, every year we mark Coral Triangle Day, celebrating the world’s epicenter of marine biodiversity, containing 76% of the world’s coral species, 37% of the world’s reef fish species, and supporting millions of people by providing their food and livelihoods. This year’s Coral...
As climate change brings an array of environmental challenges to communities around the world, the spotlight has turned on how women all over the world are stepping up and leading their communities in adapting to the impacts of climate change across different levels. To further dissect...
Timor-Leste and the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) were appointed as chair and co-chair, respectively, of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) Women Leaders’ Forum, during the 16th CTI-CFF Senior Officials Meeting held virtually on December 13-15, 2021. The CTI-CFF Women...
Twenty women leaders from the Coral Triangle region (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste) gathered at CTC’s Center for Marine Conservation on September 23-26, 2019 to learn how to strengthen the leadership skills and competencies of other women in managing...
To share success stories and experiences, as well as create a community of practitioners for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), sessions on Learning Networks were conducted in Washington DC in August 2019. CTC Executive Director, Rili Djohani, attended the event, and shared stories, challenges...
The CTI-CFF Women Leaders Forum held leadership training sessions in Honiara, Solomon Islands, and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, this month. The training was building on the Inter-generational Leadership Learning Program of 2017-2018, which paired mentors with mentees from each Coral Triangle country, providing the...
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...
As part of the Our Ocean Conference, CTC co-organized the “Women Leaders, Breaking Waves in Ocean Conservation” breakfast forum October 30, 2018 at the Bali Nusa Dua Hotel. The forum focused on the leadership qualities of successful women leaders and aimed to gain inspiration, insights, and...
Women leaders in Coral Triangle region, please watch this video: https://youtu.be/FY3n-09tjQI Women leaders representing six countries in Coral Triangle region have gathered in Bali from October 22 to 26, 2018 one week ahead of the Our Ocean Conference 2018 to shine the spotlight on how they are taking the...
