Sustainable fisheries and marine protected areas (MPAs go hand in hand with conserving and sustaining our marine resources. CTC, in collaboration with the Indonesia Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, conducted training on the role of MPAs for sustainable fisheries in Mataram on November 22-23,...
CTC hosted guests from Malaysia's Johor Biotechnology and Biodiversity Corporation on November 21-23, 2016 who were in Bali to learn about marine conservation and its economic benefits to the community and government. The guests visited CTC’s office in Sanur and the Nusa Penida Marine Protected...
CTC embarked on a 10-day five-man expedition in the Seram and Banda Sea this month to identify species and track cetaceans (whales, dolphins) that frequent the area. During the expedition the team identified 15 species and had numerous sightings. The survey was done on November...
On November 8-11, 2016, 20 marine protected area (MPA) officers from North Maluku attended training in Ternate on the principles of marine protected area management. This was organized by CTC and the Wildlife Conservation Society under the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project. The...
CTC joined an expedition to the Lesser Sunda Islands on November 1-10, 2016 organized by the Oceanic Society, Plastic Pollution Coalition, and the Drifters Project to look at the impact of mismanaged plastic waste in the oceans. The expedition covered Padang Bay, Gili Air, Gili...
CTC’s innovative board game Aquatico is now available in a Limited Edition Boxed Set! Aquatico was developed in collaboration with Kummara, a Bandung-based game studio focused on “games for change.” Aquatico is an adaptation of Ridges to Reefs concept where players learn the value of the...
It’s that time of year again! Our team was in the Banda Islands from the 3rd to 4th week of October to conduct the annual reef health and resource use monitoring for the Banda Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network. The annual monitoring is done...
By Rizky Bagas Pranata, International Relations Student, Brawijaya University As a student at the University of Brawijaya, I was required to do an internship to try to implement my studies in the field of work and so it happened that I took 47 days of work...
Last October 18, CTC conducted a one-day course on facilitation techniques for 30 field fisheries officer and site managers of the Yayasan Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia (MDPI), an NGO working on sustainable fisheries issues based in Bali. The training focused on enhancing the participants’...
CTC, in collaboration with Credit Suisse, held its 3rd fundraising event for this year on October 15, 2016 at the site of the planned CTC Center for Marine Conservation in Sanur, Bali. The event featured performances that merged art, science and conservation messages. The highlight was...
