CTC hosted guests from Malaysia’s Johor Biotechnology and Biodiversity Corporation on November 21-23, 2016 who were in Bali to learn about marine conservation and its economic benefits to the community and government. The guests visited CTC’s office in Sanur and the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area (MPA) where they went snorkeling in healthy reefs, transplanted…
It’s that time of year again! Our team was in the Banda Islands from the 3rd to 4th week of October to conduct the annual reef health and resource use monitoring for the Banda Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network. The annual monitoring is done to determine the condition of marine life in the area…
CTC Learning Sites Manager Marthen Welly travelled to Dumaguete, Philippines on September 12-15, 2016 to share CTC’s sustainable tourism initiatives at the 6th Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) Marine Protected Area Regional Exchange. During the conference, Marthen presented some of the case study examples from CTC’s sustainable marine tourism…
To strengthen the effectiveness of the marine protected areas (MPA) in the Banda Islands, CTC has commissioned a long boat named “Lawere” to help enforce MPA rules and regulations in the Ay Island MPA. The boat is named after a local fish common to the Banda Islands that illuminates at night and lives in the…
As part of their trip to Indonesia, Woodleigh School students spent 3 fun days with the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) team in Bali and Nusa Penida. Students learned about marine conservation and had the opportunity to seaweed farm, plant mangrove trees and snorkel through Nusa Penida’s beautiful coral reefs! Woodleigh School began their 3-day fieldtrip…
To celebrate World Oceans Day and Coral Triangle Day, the Coral Triangle Center (CTC) invited the press to a conference about the results from the first ever-comprehensive survey undertaken to assess the status of Bali’s coral reefs. The Bali Reef Health Survey showed that the island’s corals remain resilient despite threats from pollution, unregulated fishing…
The Coral Triangle Center is excited to announce that we have planted our Friend of CTC’s baby coral plants. Early this month, the Learning Sites team (LS) and Marketing team went to Lembongan Bay, Nusa Lembongan, for a busy day of coral planting and coral maintenance. The species of coral planted was Acropora; and this species…