 On November 29, 2019, CTC renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bali Province Government, specifically with the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Department (Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan). The MOU renewal was signed by CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani and DKP head Ir I...
Pokmaswas is a community-based surveillance team which has been developed to assist local governments to control and manage marine and coastal ecosystems in Maluku Province. They play an important role in conducting resource use surveillance across the region, trained in the 3M principle: Listening (Mendengar),...
To further continue the establishment process of the Ay and Rhun Islands MPAs, and promote their effective management, research and data collection must be conducted to ensure that marine resource management is informed by the latest scientific data. From November 2-13, the Coral Triangle Center, with...
CTC supported the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security’s 15th Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and Pre-SOM meetings held in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from November 4-8, 2019. CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani led the discussions and presentations on the proposal to set...
The 8th Marine Protected Area Working Group Meeting and 8th MPA Regional Exchange (REX) were held in Le Meridien Hotel, Kota Kinabalu and Kudat Golf and Marina Resort, Kudat, Malaysia respectively on October 16-19, 2019. The meeting was attended by 30 participants from across the...
Maritime Local Government Network (LGN) and the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (CMMA), organised a national workshop on the Governance of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) & Sustainable Marine Tourism in Indonesia, held on 30 September 2019 in Bandara International Hotel...
After a six year process, the proposed management plan and Ministerial Decree for Atauro Island MPA were submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Timor Leste, through a multi-stakeholder national workshop in Dili from 25-26 September 2019. Once approved, these documents will form...
In September, CTC co-organized a regional workshop to generate innovative ideas on how to strengthen and align the cross-cutting initiatives that target specific stakeholders in marine and coastal conservation to the development of the CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) for 2020-2025. The workshop was held...
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...
Atauro is one of the wonderful islands located where the Banda and Savu Seas meet in Timor-Leste. Three CTC board members, George Tahija, Hendrik Sasmito and new board member Rahmat Soemadipradja, along with CTC Executive Director, Rili Djohani, and Marine Conservation Advisor, Marthen Welly, visited...
