On April 13, 2022, we received a group of visitors from the Rotary Club of Bali Seminyak at our Center for Marine Conservation to explore possible collaborations on education, environment and other social movements. During the visit, the group went for a tour around the...
CTC is currently implementing a capacity-building project for local snapper fishers and other fishery stakeholders in Banda Islands, Maluku, to develop and initiate a fishery monitoring program. The Banda Islands Snapper Fisheries Pilot Project will help establish a baseline of the deep-water snapper’s status to...
CTC organized a workshop on the finalization of seven new certification schemes for capacity-building to marine protected area (MPA) managers and personnel in Indonesia. These schemes will support the implementation of the MPA Personnel Capacity Building Roadmap 2020-2024 in Indonesia, while complementing three certification schemes...
On June 8, we celebrate World Oceans Day, shining the spotlight on the global ocean that covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and provides the largest source of protein to billions on the planet. Tomorrow, June 9, we mark Coral Triangle Day, celebrating...
The CTC Team, composed of Executive Director Rili Djohani and MPA Learning Site Manager Purwanto traveled to the Banda Sea in April 2021 to conduct ecological and socio-economic surveys in the Lucipara Islands onboard the Seven Sea Liveaboard. The data collected from this expedition,...
Have you ever been involved in a restoration program where you tied baby corals onto a structure to be put underwater? Did you have the chance to come back a year later to see how the corals had grown? Nowadays, some would think that...
This year, CTC became one of the implementing partners of the second phase of the Arafura & Timor Seas Ecosystem Action Program (ATSEA-2), a regional partnership that aims to address the most important transboundary marine issues facing the region. CTC, in collaboration with a team of...
CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani joined international experts in a webinar that aimed to explore the approaches and tools used in Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME) from around the world. The webinar was held on July 22 and organized by the IUCN World Commission on...
An injured melon headed whale (Peponocephala Electra) was found stranded in Waisum, Sula Islands in North Maluku on June 23, 2020 and was rescued by CTC’s Pejuang Laut (Champion of the Sea) La Nafsahu Idrus and the members of the local Community Stewardship Group (Pokmaswas). La...
As greenhouse gas emissions drive changes in global ocean chemistry and temperature, how will corals respond? This is the type of question being addressed in the National Sea Simulator, a world-class marine research aquarium facility housed in the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in...
