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...
On July 11, 2024, the Coral Triangle Center (CTC), in collaboration with key partners, including the Provincial Fisheries Office of Maluku (DKP Maluku), the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), Pattimura University, and the Baileo Foundation, organized a focus group discussion (FGD) as part...
From July 30 to August 2, CTC in collaboration with Yayasan Planet Indonesia (YPI) conducted a training in the principles of marine protected area (MPA) management in Pontianak. The four-day training aimed to increase the capacity of participants in Marine Protected Area (MPA) management, especially...
In July 9-11, 2024, CTC conducted training of Marine Protected Area (MPA) for Fisheries for Practitioners and Community in Ambon. It aimed to provide capacity building to MPA managers (government), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), community  surveillance  groups (Pokmaswas) and academics...
On Sunday, June 2, 2024, Coral Triangle Center (CTC) facilitated a Field Learning Trip for officials from the US Senate and USAID to the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA), Bali. The trip provided an immersive experience in marine conservation and community-based environmental management practices....
The Coral Triangle Center (CTC) recently conducted a Capacity Needs Assessment in West Kalimantan province as one of the 13 target MPAs of the USAID Kolektif Project. Working closely with MPA stakeholders, the assessment identifies the current condition of personnel and institutional capacity of MPA...
In April, the CTC Maluku team raised two billboards on Saparua island to further encourage participation in citizen science for the Kalesang Dugong project. The billboards were placed at two locations: one near the beach right off ‘Dugong Point’ where dugong can be found nearly every...
On March 21, 2024, CTC facilitated a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing for waste management in Batununggul village between BUMDES (village-owned enterprise) and Lembongan Recycling. It marks a crucial step in addressing the pressing waste management issue in the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA),...
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...
The enactment of Mahu Village Decree no. 3 of the year 2023 on the Protection of Natural Resources (Perlindungan Sumber Daya Alam) on August 24th, 2023, catalyzes wider sustainable dugong and seagrass habitat conservation in Lease Islands MPA. This was the expressed hope of stakeholders...
