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. 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…
First Person Account by CTC Conservation Advisor Marthen Welly Today, I’m working back at the CTC office in Bali after I spent a month in the Banda Islands, Maluku. The purpose of the trip to Banda Islands was to conduct my research for my masters degree on “Management Effectiveness of Ay and Rhun Islands MPA on…
It is that time of the year again to check-up on the health of the coral reef ecosystems in the Nusa Penida MPA! On 26-30 September, 2018, a dedicated team of scientific divers braved strong currents, swells, and cold water to measure the structure of benthic organisms (coral, sponge, algal, and other invertebrate communities) and…
The Coral Triangle Center renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) on 25 September, 2018, The MOU was signed MAF Minister Joaquim Jose Gusmao Dos Reis Martins and CTC Executive Director Rili Djohani at CTC’s Center for Marine Conservation in Sanur, Bali. Under the MOU, CTC will collaborate with…