The Coral Triangle Center (CTC) provides fundamental support for its Local Champions, called Pejuang Laut, to build their skills and knowledge to become influential leaders in their community. Seven high performing Pejuang Laut, namely Sarna Sibela and Nurhasni Yoisangadji from the Sula Islands, Merfiana Aponno...
The Coral Triangle Center continues to support the Pejuang Laut (Champion of the Sea) in Maluku and North Maluku, eastern Indonesia. To build knowledge and expand their skills, seven Pejuang Laut were selected to attend the 2020 Champion Training, arranged by the USAID Sustainable Ecosystem...
CTC, in collaboration with WWF and the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) Indonesia, organized a workshop last week to further support the development of Indonesia’s vision to expand its marine protected area (MPA) coverage by 30 million hectares in 2030. The workshop is part...
Dr Mohd Kushairi Mohd Rajuddin, the new Executive Director of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) visited the CTC Center for Marine Conservation in early January, as well as joined our team in Nusa Penida. Dr Kushairi had the...
As the CTC Center for Marine Conservation grows, we are receiving more and more visitors from all over the world, in search of fun and engaging ways to learn about the oceans and expand their knowledge of marine science. On January 19, we were visited...
To kick off a busy year ahead, our Center for Marine Conservation hosted a series of workshops conducted by The Nature Conservancy. These workshops were aimed at increasing the capacity of conservation scientists and practitioners, as well as introducing new tools and sharing ideas. From...
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,...
The CTC team periodically monitors the health of coral reef ecosystems in our learning sites, such as the Nusa Penida MPA and Banda Islands MPA Network. The reef health monitoring aims to assess the condition of coral cover, and reef fish species and biomass. Raw...
During the last week of December 2019, the CTC Center for Marine Conservation received two groups from Pandatrip. The group of Chinese students, ranging from three to 15 years old and accompanied by their parents, came to our center to learn about coral species and...
A second escape room is coming to the CTC Center for Marine Conservation in 2020! Building on the success of our first escape room “SOS from the Deep”, CTC will soon launch our latest escape room, focused on plastic pollution. This new escape room will...
