CTC, under the USAID-SEA Project, has began working in to support Marine Protected Area (MPA) establishment in Lease Islands in Maluku Province. Lease Islands MPA is envisioned to fit multi-purpose needs of fisheries, marine tourism and marine sustainability that will benefit local communities and enable...
A workshop held by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) in Washington DC in February 2018 resulted a new standard for marine protected areas (MPAs) around the world. The standard emphasized on the following criteria: good governance, sound planning and MPA design, effective...
From February 6-10, 2018, CTC in collaboration with the Marine and Fisheries Agency of Maluku Province, conducted a series of socialization and information dissemination to help facilitate the establishment of a marine protected area (MPA) in Buano Island in West Seram, Maluku, as part of...
The tide is turning for marine tourism in Indonesia with the launch of Green Fins in January 2018. Green Fins provides an opportunity for dive operators to be recognized role models for sustainable tourism by improving their business practices to be more environmentally friendly within...
Coral Triangle Center (CTC) in partnership with the Timor-Leste Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), completed biophysic and socioeconomic surveys in both Atauro Island and Liquica from 3-11 October, 2017. The aim of these surveys was to collect data both on land with communities as...
CTC organized a training and competency assessment for the staff of the Nusa Penida MPA Management Unit on August 7-15, 2017. A total of 13 participants attended the training held in Nusa Penida, while 9 participants joined the competency assessment held in CTC’s Center for Marine...
In the beginning of April Coral Triangle Center, together with other non-government organizations such as Rare, TNC, CI and WCS, signed a collaboration agreement with the Ministry of Marine Affairs Indonesia strengthening its commitment to support efforts to ensure effective management of marine protected areas...
Located to the east of Bali, Nusa Penida’s cluster of islands has been coined as one of Indonesia’s most efficient marine protected areas (MPA). Much of the MPA’s success is attributed to the implementation and effective management of Nusa Penida’s zoning system. In Nusa Penida...
