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,...
First Person Account by CTC Conservation Advisor Marthen Welly Today, I’m working back at the CTC office in Bali after I spent a month in the Banda Islands, Maluku. The purpose of the trip to Banda Islands was to conduct my research for my masters degree on...
It is that time of the year again to check-up on the health of the coral reef ecosystems in the Nusa Penida MPA! On 26-30 September, 2018, a dedicated team of scientific divers braved strong currents, swells, and cold water to measure the structure of...
The Coral Triangle Center renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with Timor-Leste's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) on 25 September, 2018, The MOU was signed MAF Minister Joaquim Jose Gusmao Dos Reis Martins and CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani at CTC’s Center for Marine Conservation...
On June 4-5, 2018, CTC had the pleasure to host students of the University of San Diego at CTC's Center for Marine Conservation and the Nusa Penida MPA to share knowledge on developing and maintaining a marine protected area. On the first day they...
The Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) for Marine Mammals, conducted by the Coral Triangle Center and APEX Environmental has successfully identified several new hotspots for oceanic cetacean species, such as Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) and Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) as part of a diverse oceanic cetacean...
Coral Triangle Center (CTC) in partnership with the Timor-Leste Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), completed biophysic and socioeconomic surveys in both Atauro Island and Liquica from 3-11 October, 2017. The aim of these surveys was to collect data both on land with communities as...
CTC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MAF) in Timor-Leste, conducted a two day training on the essential concepts of marine protected area (MPA) establishment and management. The training, which was conducted in Dili on September 25, 2017, serves as the basis to increase the local community stakeholder capacity to manage an MPA...
On Saturday August 26, 2017, we invited friends of CTC and board members to join us on a great day out to Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan. After a short introduction at our new Center for Marine Conservation about our recent projects and the Nusa...
CTC attended the 19th International Conference on Marine Conservation (ICMC) held on July 24-26 2017 in London, United Kingdom with more than 300 participants and around 100 presenters from all over the world. This year’s conference focused on “Marine and Atmospheric Sciences”. CTC’s Field Learning Site Manager Marthen...
