Over 300 school children and guests, including Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar and Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Rini Soemarno, visited CTC’s Wayang Samudra at the Jelajah Terumbu Karang Exhibit on February 21-25, 2018. The exhibit, organized by Kompas Media and held in...
CTC, under the USAID-SEA Project, has began working in to support Marine Protected Area (MPA) establishment in Lease Islands in Maluku Province. Lease Islands MPA is envisioned to fit multi-purpose needs of fisheries, marine tourism and marine sustainability that will benefit local communities and enable...
A workshop held by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) in Washington DC in February 2018 resulted a new standard for marine protected areas (MPAs) around the world. The standard emphasized on the following criteria: good governance, sound planning and MPA design, effective...
Coral Triangle Center (CTC) Executive Director Rili Djohani participated in a high-level meeting in London last February 14, 2018 to kick off the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) and, in the words of The Prince of Wales, help "galvanize a global movement… to catalyse...
From February 6-10, 2018, CTC in collaboration with the Marine and Fisheries Agency of Maluku Province, conducted a series of socialization and information dissemination to help facilitate the establishment of a marine protected area (MPA) in Buano Island in West Seram, Maluku, as part of...
CTC was invited by the U.S. Consulate General Surabaya to conduct a series of outreach activities to spread the message of marine conservation in Indonesia's second largest city on February 8-9, 2018. This included a reception at US Consulate General Heather Roach Variava's residence with...
Blue Green 360 Awards is back on its 2nd year! The awards, a collaboration between Coral Triangle Center, Green Fins and the ADEX - Asia Dive Expo, aims to honor businesses and individuals in the marine tourism industry who are pioneering efforts to integrate sustainability in their practices and...
A major new study estimates over 11 billion pieces of plastic contaminate vital reefs in the Asia-Pacific region and increase the likelihood of disease from 4% to 89%! Scientists estimate that amount of plastic entangled on coral will increase by 40% by 2025, as reported...
Hasna is a 36 year-old mother of four boys from a fishing village in Samkai, Merauke District in Papua Province. Her house is right next the shore where local fishing boats anchor before going out to sea and unload their catch upon their return. The shore in...
The International Coral Reef Initiative has declared 2018 as the third International Year of the Reef to strengthen awareness globally about the value of, and threats to, coral reefs and associated ecosystems. IYOR 2018 also aims promote partnerships between governments, the private sector, academia and civil...
