An assessment team recently visited Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area to review its effectiveness in achieving its conservation goals. Using the Evaluation of Conservation Area Management Effectiveness (EVIKA) as a tool, the assessment of July was conducted by a team of evaluators from the Ministry...
CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani was selected for this year’s International Coral Reef Society’s World Reef Award “in recognition of her substantial conservation achievements.” She received her award at the closing session of 15th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) held in Bremen, Germany from July...
On the last day of June, CTC was invited to host a coral clay workshop at Club Med Bali, Nusa Dua. After being closed for two years due to COVID-19 pandemic, Club Med are so excited to re-open their doors to the world. As part...
Despite their active participation, women’s empowerment in the supply chain of blue swimming crab (BSC) in the Central Java Province has not yet reached its full potential because there isn’t enough baseline data. In order to identify and document some of the critical responsibilities that...
Earlier this month CTC hosted a visit from Marine Buddies to our CTC Center for Marine Conservation. Marine Buddies is a community group that campaigns on marine issues and engages the wider community to take part in marine conservation. Their visit to CTC is part...
The threat of coral bleaching has now spread throughout the world, including to Indonesia. The NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) quarterly reports on coral bleaching indicated that heat stress would trigger coral bleaching in the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA) from June to September....
In October and December 2021, the Coral Reef Restoration Task Force went to Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida to complete their first mission of evaluating and assisting the technical aspects of the ongoing reef restoration programs. The two programs visited were managed by Bali Hai...
On 25 June 2022, CTC hosted another successful session of the Ocean Keeper’s Club on “The Amazing Coral Reefs”. With the help of the Club’s virtual learning assistants (Max, Mindy, and Octa the Octopus) participants learned all about the importance of coral reefs to aquatic...
CTC recently conducted a three-day fish identification training for its staff and government institutional partners in Ambon, Maluku. The training was part of the implementation of the Deep-Sea Snappers (DSS) project in the Banda Islands, which would advance the national deep-water groundfish fisheries improvement plan...
Last month, our team was excited to visit Timor-Leste in a series of trips. Our key objectives were to present the results of biophysics and socioeconomic surveys to support the establishment of a new marine protected area (MPA) candidate in Manufahi District, as well as...
