On April 15-17, 2024, CTC Executive Director, Rili Djohani, attended the 9th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) 2024 in Athens, Greece, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Preceded by an opening remark from John Kerry, OOC provides an opportunity for ocean leaders and stakeholders to...
CTC recently convened its inaugural Scientific Advisory and Experts Meeting on April 3-4, 2024. The primary objective was to facilitate focused discussions on coral reef health, socioeconomic monitoring, and blue carbon ecosystems. This gathering aimed to garner insights from advisory board members and experts to...
On March 27, CTC’s Center for Marine Conservation had the pleasure of hosting a bundled program of Fun Learning Class, Exhibition Tour, and Amazing Ocean Race for Empathy School’s students. There were 27 primary class students participated in the program: starting with the Fun Learning...
On Saturday the 30th of March, the members of the Ocean Keeper Club visited the Center for Marine Conservation for their third learning session, covering the seagrass marine ecosystem and the charismatic dugong living in it: sea cows growing to a size of up to...
On March 24, CTC hosted the first recording session of the Bali Ocean Days Podcast Series at its CTC Center for Marine Conservation in Sanur, Bali. Featuring esteemed ocean advocates from Bali, the podcast shines the spotlight on inspiring actions to address the growing threats...
Last month, CTC collaborated with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (or Packard Foundation) to convene a strategic learning exchange event in Ambon, Maluku. Facilitated by CTC, the learning exchange event was attended by select Maluku-based Ocean Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and experts from the...
From March 29 to April 30, 2024, CTC successfully conducted a learning exchange and dissemination of the lessons learned from the Banda Deep Sea Snapper Fisheries Project at Gedung OK Makatita in the Banda Islands. The two-day event marked a significant milestone in the efforts...
In the first quarter of 2024, CTC as National Coordinator for Green Fins Indonesia conducted an annual assessment on two existing Green Fins certified dive and snorkel operators – Ceningan Divers and Purple Dive Penida. Obtaining the perfect score, the Ceningan Divers has once again...
Reef Health Monitoring (RHM) is a crucial aspect of coral reef management, serving as a biophysical indicator to assess the effectiveness of marine protected area management. Healthy coral reefs are vital for the well-being of various marine life connected to them, such as fish stocks...
This past month, CTC’s Coral Diving School organized a series of online courses available to students from the comforts of their home. The courses included Marine Biology Specialty Courses such as Marine Ecology, Fish Identification, and Coral Identification. The courses were conducted by CTC’s Marine...
