30 Sep Community-led Marine Conservation Plays a Significant Role to Protect Coastal Resources in Maluku and North Maluku

Posted on Sep 30, 2020 in Buano Islands, Marine Protected Area, USAID Projects, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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Community-led marine conservation plays a significant role to protect coastal resources in FMA 715 and surroundings. Under the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (USAID SEA) project’s intervention, community-led marine conservation has shown a positive impact through the active participation of the Sea Champions or Pejuang Laut....

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10 Sep Surveillance Tools Strengthen Community Stewardship Group’s (Pokmaswas) Role in Marine Conservation

Posted on Sep 10, 2020 in Buano Islands, Marine Protected Area, Sula Islands, USAID Projects, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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Good news from our marine protected areas in Maluku and North Maluku Province. Due to their prominence among other groups in conducting community-based sea surveillance, two Community Stewardship Groups (Pokmaswas) have recently received support in the form of equipment from the Ministry of Marine Affairs...

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18 Aug Local Community Releases Sea Turtle Hatchlings to Celebrate Indonesia’s 75th Independence Day

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 in Community Outreach, Fun Learning, Marine Protected Area, Outreach Activities, Sula Islands, Sustainable Fisheries, Sustainable Marine Tourism, USAID Projects, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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Celebrating Indonesia’s 75th Independence Day, the Community Stewardship Group (Pokmaswas) in the newly declared Sula Islands Marine Protected Area, North Maluku Province, engaged the local community to release 50 baby sea turtles (tukik) on the seashores of Waisum Village in Northeast Mangoli. This activity was...

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21 Jul Developing a Roadmap to Achieve Indonesia’s Marine Protected Area Vision by 2030

Posted on Jul 21, 2020 in Banda Islands, Marine Protected Area, Nusa Penida, Partnerships, Sustainable Fisheries, Sustainable Marine Tourism, Sustainable Seafood, USAID Projects, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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To support its plan to declare 32.5 million hectares of effectively managed Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) by 2030, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) is collaborating with partners to develop an MPA Vision 2030 and MPA Roadmap to ensure that it reaches its...

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11 Jan Workshop for Certification Schemes and Competency Assessment Materials in Java

Posted on Jan 11, 2020 in Training and Learning, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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Indonesian National Working Competency Standards (SKKNI) for marine protected areas (MPAs) are needed to standardize the competency of MPA staff. Currently there are three SKKNI available for managing MPAs: Marine Tourism Management in MPAs,  Outreach in MPAs, and Monitoring and Evaluation of Coastal Resources. However,...

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03 Dec Monitoring and Conserving Sea Turtles with Pokmaswas in the Sula Islands

Posted on Dec 03, 2019 in Marine Protected Area, Training and Learning, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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Through ecological and socio-economic surveys in 2017, the Sula Islands were identified as home to sea turtles, in particular the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). The coast of Fatkauyon Village was indicated as a feeding location for green and hawksbill turtles,...

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30 Nov Resource Use Monitoring and Pokmaswas Training in the Lease Islands

Posted on Nov 30, 2019 in Sustainable Fisheries, Training and Learning, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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In an effort to increase community engagement in the Lease Islands MPA management, and to build up local capacity in surveillance, monitoring and law enforcement, CTC conducted Resource Use Monitoring (RUM) and Community Based Marine and Fisheries Surveillance Group (Pokmaswas) training for teams in the...

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18 Nov Pokmaswas Training in the Banda Islands MPA Network

Posted on Nov 18, 2019 in Banda Islands, Learning Networks, Learning Site, Marine Protected Area, USAID SEA Project 0 Comments
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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),...

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