This November, Coral Triangle Center will take part in the Give2Asia campaign building up towards #givingtuesday on November 28th! We will be raising funds to complete our Community Coral Art Education project which aims to spread awareness and education about the importance of coral reefs and marine conservation in Indonesia and across the Coral Triangle…
The Coral Triangle Center (CTC) were honored to accompany the US Ambassador and the staff of US Consulate General in Surabaya on a visit to the Banda Islands on October 22, 2017 to assess conservation activities. The delegation was welcomed with a local custom ceremony, which included Cakalele and Sawat Dances and the ambassador was honored with the title…
On October 22, 2017, CTC joined Reef Seen Divers Resort for their first ever conservation week activity in Pemuteran, North Bali. We participated in the edu-games where 35 enthusiastic students from 3 schools actively participated the session. The students learned about the importance of coral reef ecosystems and why we need to protect our marine…
CTC was invited to a strategic meeting organized by three international foundations who are committed to improve collaborative investment in the health of Indonesia’s oceans in Jakarta on October 16-18, 2017. The IMFC group consists of a number of delegates from the Walton Family Foundation, the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies (MACP), and the David and…
CTC, in collaboration with Green Fins and partner dive companies, conducted a hands-on workshop on how to assess dive and snorkeling operators and issue the Green Fins certificate for sustainable diving and snorkeling from August 22-25, 2017 in Bali. The workshop was conducted by Green Fins Director James Harvey. Green Fins is an internationally recognized certification program…
We are happy to announce that our coral wall project is progressing at full pace. Following the initial workshop conducted by lead artist and designer Courtney Mattison in June 2017, we have held three subsequent volunteer and professional artist workshops in July and have now produced 1537 ceramic coral pieces! We have also received in-kind and…
This month, CTC began local consultations in Liquica and Atauro in Timor-Leste to assess how we can support local efforts to establish new marine protected areas (MPA) in the country. On May 1-3, 2017, CTC Learning Sites Manager Marthen Welly met with officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and discussed the various ways…
Fifty school children from Nusa Lembongan came together on April 21, 2017 to mark Earth Day by keeping the island’s beaches free from plastic debris. The school children, all girl students from Sekolah Dasar Negeri 1 and 3 Jungutbatu and Sekolah Dasar Negeri 1, 2 and 3 Nusa Lembongan, gathered in Mushroom Bay for fun…
CTC, in collaboration with Bali Hai Cruises and Mars Foundation, hosted members and families of the Indonesia Young Presidents Organization in Nusa Lembongan on April 14, 2017 for a day of coral transplantation, snorkeling, diving, and mangrove planting. The event began with the participants attaching 60 coral fragments to spider structures developed by Mars Foundation,…