Coral Triangle Center (CTC) concluded the final DISKON (Diskusaun Konservasaun) session of 2025 on December 22, 2025, marking the end of a year-long outreach journey dedicated to strengthening marine conservation awareness and community engagement across in Timor-Leste. The final session was held with the Suco...
On October 9, 2024, CTC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Forestry (MALFF), local government of Liquiçá, and local community, successfully deployed zoning boundary markers in Samba Sembilan MPA. This milestone enhances MPA management, strengthens marine conservation efforts, and establishes a...
Timor-Leste has officially announced a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Liquiçá Municipality. Named after a local hero, the Samba Sembilan MPA was declared early this year and covers more than 8,000 hectares of Liquiçá’s waters and marine ecosystems. Since 2017, CTC has supported the...
CTC, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (MAF) in Timor-Leste, conducted a two day training on the essential concepts of marine protected area (MPA) establishment and management. The training, which was conducted in Dili on September 25, 2017, serves as the basis to increase the local community stakeholder capacity to manage an MPA...
