CTC organized a training and competency assessment for the staff of the Nusa Penida MPA Management Unit on August 7-15, 2017. A total of 13 participants attended the training held in Nusa Penida, while 9 participants joined the competency assessment held in CTC’s Center for Marine...
CTC, in collaboration with Green Fins and partner dive companies, conducted a hands-on workshop on how to assess dive and snorkeling operators and issue the Green Fins certificate for sustainable diving and snorkeling from August 22-25, 2017 in Bali. The workshop was conducted by Green Fins Director...
CTC, in collaboration with Marine Megafauna Foundation completed a 2-day manta ray tagging workshop at our office in Sanur, Bali on August 3-4, 2017. This international collaboration aims to support the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA) through the protection of manta rays using acoustic...
The CTC team has been engaging local communities in the Arafura Sea to support them adopting sustainable fishery practices and improve their livelihood as part of the “Building a Sustainable Seafood Industry to Support Coastal Communities in the Arafura Sea” (SeaNet) Project. In early July, we...
As part of the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project activities, CTC successfully conducted a Perception Monitoring Training of Marine, Coastal and Small Islands Conservation Area at the Batik Hotel, Ternate, North Maluku from July 19-22. A total of 19 Fisheries Extension Officers (FEO) of...
CTC conducted a short course and field learning activities on MPA Establishment and Management for Timor-Leste officials on June 20-22, 2017 in Bali. The short course was specifically tailored for participants to better learn basic fisheries population dynamics, basic principles in designing zoning and...
CTC and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) held a Basic Training for Marine Protected Area (MPA) Management in Morotai in North Maluku on April 11-17, 2017 as part of its implementation of the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project. The training had 17 participants coming...
Coral Triangle Center hosted high-level government officials from Bangladesh on March 29-30, 2017 for a learning visit at our office in Sanur, Bali and a one-day field learning trip to Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA). The delegation included Honorable Narayan Chandra Chanda, Minister of Fisheries and...
On March 27-31, 2017, SEANET Indonesia kicked off a week of training for SeaNet officers and implementing partners to introduce the scope of the project and its relation to Fisheries Management Area 718, sociocultural condition of target communities and to learn basic fisheries science. During...
CTC conducted a biophysic and socio-economic survey in three islands within Sula Regency in North Maluku on March 17 to 27, 2017 to collect data and study the feasibility of establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) in these sites as part of the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems...
