On May 19, 2022, a team from Microsoft Asia-Pacific region visited the CTC Center for Marine Conservation. During their half-day visit, the CTC team hosted the group and took the group around to introduce our center and our marine conservation program in the Coral Triangle...
This month we held our first session of Ocean Keeper Club on April 23, 2022. The Club engaged young people through a virtual event to learn about the beauty of our ecosystems and its unique inhabitants. We brought the kids along for a virtual tour...
We’ve all heard the term “going green” or “green business”, but what about “Green Fins”? The Green Fins initiative is a conservation management approach supported by the UN Environment Program and the Reef-World Foundation that empowers the tourism industry to protect coral reefs through responsible...
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...
