Atauro is one of the wonderful islands located where the Banda and Savu Seas meet in Timor-Leste. Three CTC board members, George Tahija, Hendrik Sasmito and new board member Rahmat Soemadipradja, along with CTC Executive Director, Rili Djohani, and Marine Conservation Advisor, Marthen Welly, visited the island on a board trip to Timor-Leste from August…
In October 2018, Hard Rock Hotel Bali generously donated Rp. 194,726,281 to the Coral Triangle Center through their Rock N’ Run charity event. Through this donation, the foundation was able to support ongoing marine conservation efforts in the Nusa Penida MPA, notably the expansion of the coral nursery garden in Nusa Lembongan and the installation…
For the fourth straight year, Coral Triangle Center collaborated with Bali Hai Cruises and Bali Hai Diving to celebrate Earth Day in Nusa Lembongan by spreading the message of marine conservation to local school children. The event was attended by 100 local students and teachers from SD N 1 Lembongan, SD N 2 Lembongan, SD…
As part of the public awareness, outreach and education on the importance of marine conservation and to support the establishment of MPAs in Maluku and North Maluku Province under the USAID SEA Project, CTC worked collaboratively with local community members and village leaders to install billboards in strategic places. Â Â Â Â Â Â The installment…
To support the declaration of its new MPA and to ensure that this protected areas are effectively managed, CTC under USAID SEA Project conducted basic training on MPA management for 20 community representatives from Fatkauyon Village in Sula Islands on April 11 – 13, 2019.   The training is part of an effort to…
To maintain the spectacular coral reef ecosystem of the Banda Islands, since 2012, CTC has facilitated the development of the marine protected area (MPA) network which includes the Banda Marine Tourism Park (Taman Wisata Perairan Laut Banda or TWP Banda), Ay Island, Rhun Island, and Hatta Island. CTC has been focusing on facilitating the development…
Gregory Churchill is a retired American lawyer, researcher and reformer, has been living and working in Indonesia since 1976. As a member of the Board of Supervisors of the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) from 2013 to 2018, Mr. Churchil provided critical legal advise to the organization’s activities in protecting marine biodiversity in Indonesia and the…
Following a hiatus in conducting joint suveillance patrols last year, the Nusa Penida MPA Management Unit has once again hit the waters on February 26, 2019 to check on the implementation and enforcement of the MPA zoning plan. The joint patrol was led by the head of Nusa Penida MPA Management Unit, Nyoman Karyawan, in…
First Person Account by Agustin Capriati and Benjamin Kahn More than a half of cetacean species are classified as vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. This is due to many factors, mainly by anthropogenic activities such as entanglement in fishnets, marine pollution, the victims of marine-military activities or even killed indirectly…