CTC joined businesses and non-profit organizations for Bali’s Big Eco Weekend held on July 30, 2016 at Legian Beach. CTC had a booth to spread awareness on marine conservation and the connectivity of all ecosystems in caring for the environment! CTC also displayed several information materials to inspire more people to care for the oceans…
Credit Suisse and the Coral Triangle Center held a fund raising dinner with our Octopod members, supporters, and partners on July 23, 2016 at the Dharmawangsa Hotel in Jakarta. The evening event featured talks by CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani focused on CTC’s Center for Marine Conservation; Marianne Nyegaard of Murdoch University, Australia with the latest…
On June 29, 2016, concerned divers and the Coral Triangle Center’s Learning Site Manager, Marthen Welly reported a whale shark injured by a boat propeller in Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area. In response to the incident, representatives from CTC, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in Denpasar, Nusa Penida Management Unit, and dive shops in…
CTC has joined a multi-national Task Force led by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in crafting criteria to help member countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity achieve their commitment to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The Aichi Biodiversity Targets adopted in 2010, call for at least 17 per cent of terrestrial…
The Coral Triangle Center (CTC) and 2,500 coral reef scientists, policy makers and managers shared their ideas on marine conservation and research findings on how to achieve coral reef sustainability at the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Honolulu, Hawaii. CTC’s Executive Director Rili Djohani with Deputy Executive Director Johannes Subijanto, and Learning Sites…
In an effort to rehabilitate coral reefs and marine biodiversity in Sanur, Bali, the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) and its partners organized an Adopt-A-Coral activity and Underwater Clean Up Dive on June 15, 2016. Representatives from Sanur hotels, dive shops, non-government, and government organizations tagged 54 baby corals that were then transplanted in the Sanur…
Close to a hundred school children and volunteers gathered in Sanur to transform waste materials into useful and creative products at the Coral Triangle Center’s “Trash Art Competition” on June 11, 2016. The competition highlighted creative ways to reduce and re-use waste products. Most often, waste that is not properly disposed of gets washed into…
From June 8-11, the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) hosted US Ambassador Mr. Robert Blake and his family in the Banda Islands. During his visit, Mr. Blake swam with hammerhead sharks, and was introduced to CTC’s marine and community programs in the Banda Sea. The Banda Islands are located in the remote area of Maluku, Indonesia,…
In order to enrich extension officer capacity, the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) in collaboration with Ministry of Marine Affair and Fisheries organized Blue Economy trainings in Tegal, Central Java, and Bitung, North Sulawesi. Each area is facing different fishery management issues. Tegal is suffering from overfishing, depletion of fish resources, habitat degradation and unsustainable fishing…