The Reef-World Foundation — the international coordinator of UN Environment Programme’s Green Fins initiative — has successfully trained and certified two new Green Fins assessor trainers from the Green Fins Indonesia National Team. They are now qualified to train and certify individuals in-country, building capacity...
Coral Triangle Center (CTC) was visited by three representatives from Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL) Timor-Leste in early December 2023. The visit’s objective was to sign the Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) between CTC and UNTL in marine conservation and capacity building. The UNTL team was represented...
The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries conducted a 2023 evaluation of 101 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), including Maluku and Bali Provinces, using the 2020 EVIKA framework to evaluate their management effectiveness. Recent MPAs evaluations in Maluku (August 9-11, 2023) and Bali Province (September 26,...
The Second Workshop on Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) was held in Bogor from October 18 to 20, 2023. At this second workshop on self-paced online training, the team from the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) and other participants worked together to produce training materials...
As one of the official Competency Assessment Centers and partners for Professional Certification Institutes for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Services, CTC supported the technical guidance and competency assessment for the MPA managers. The activity was conducted from 6-10 November, 2023 in Yogyakarta. The Directorate of Conservation...
On 27th of November, CTC had the pleasure to welcome WWF Tanzania into the Center for Marine Conservation. The visit was a part of learning exchange relating to the Project of Coastal Community-based Conservation in Indonesia, this has been a collaboration between WWF Indonesia, Western...
On November 19th, 2023, the CTC team traveled to Nusa Lembongan for a full day Fun Learning Trip with the University of Queensland and Blue Corner. There were 29 participants, experts in rubble stabilization, invited by the University of Queensland to their workshop. The participants...
During the month of October, CTC collaborated and hosted two film crews in an effort to showcase success stories in marine conservation management at its Nusa Penida MPA field learning site to an international audience. From October 1-10, 2023, we hosted the team from Seattle Aquarium,...
At the end of October, CTC conducted a Marine Protected Area (MPA) Design Training in Serang, Banten. The training took place from October 31 to November 3 and was a collaboration with Politeknik Ahli Usaha Perikanan (Politeknik AUP) Jakarta. The four-day training program aimed to provide...
On October 8th, Center for Marine Conservation had the pleasure of hosting Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Youth Conference, 30 participants from all over the globe came to the Center at which they held a series of activities, from going around the Center with the...
