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...
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...
Atauro is a small island between Alor and Wetar, roughly 25 kilometers north of Dili, Timor Leste. For three full days from March 21 – 23, 2022, CTC Marine Conservation Advisor and SSI SCUBA Diving Instructor Marthen Welly conducted Open Water dive training and certification...
The Directorate General of Marine Spatial Management (Ditjen PRL) of Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) launched a set of management tools for effective marine conservation in Indonesia on December 03, 2021. The launch was part of the National Workshop on Marine Biodiversity...
The global coronavirus pandemic has forced most locals in Nusa Penida island to rediscover an old way of living through seaweed farming. In Suana Village, one of the most-visited tourist destinations on the east side of the island, local women entrepreneurs jointly run a small...
For the third time this year, CTC strengthened its position as a strategic partner of the Indonesian Government by successfully signing an agreement with the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) to deliver forthcoming collaborations that will ensure the effective and sustainable marine resource...
To support the effective management of the newly established integrated Atauro Island marine protected area (MPA) in Timor-Leste, CTC has proposed a comprehensive Reef Health Monitoring (RHM) protocol. This protocol will provide guidelines for the monitoring team, as well as government partners and other working...
In October 2021, the parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in Kunming, China to agree on a new plan to safeguard the planet by 2050. In preparation for this, scientists, nongovernmental organizations, and government leaders have called for the...
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,...
We are pleased to share a recently published paper on MPA management in Indonesia with our Learning Site Manager as lead author. Download the paper from this link: “Bird’s Head Seascape Marine Protected Area network – Preventing biodiversity and ecosystem service loss amidst rapid change...
