Hasna is a 36 year-old mother of four boys from a fishing village in Samkai, Merauke District in Papua Province. Her house is right next the shore where local fishing boats anchor before going out to sea and unload their catch upon their return. The shore in her village is often lined with discarded fish that…
The International Coral Reef Initiative has declared 2018 as the third International Year of the Reef to strengthen awareness globally about the value of, and threats to, coral reefs and associated ecosystems. IYOR 2018 also aims promote partnerships between governments, the private sector, academia and civil society on the management of coral reefs; identify and implement…
Bringing fun into marine education is the goal of CTC’s marine education based board game, Aquatico, which will be launched at CTC’s Center for Marine Conservation in Sanur, Bali on February 23, 2018. The board game aims to tackle key concepts such as the interconnectedness amongst ecosystems and the value of working together to protect…
The tide is turning for marine tourism in Indonesia with the launch of Green Fins in January 2018. Green Fins provides an opportunity for dive operators to be recognized role models for sustainable tourism by improving their business practices to be more environmentally friendly within a global framework. With the popularity of marine tourism growing…
Last month, CTC embarked on media engagement activities in Jakarta in an effort to shore up mainstream media awareness about marine conservation activities in Indonesia and the Coral Triangle. CTC Executive Director, Rili Djohani visited 18 media outlets including Al Jazeera, BBC Indonesia and ABC Australia, to engage top editors and journalists about the importance…
Did you know there will be more plastic in the sea than fish by 2050 if we continue this path of one-use plastic consumption! Have you ever seen a sea bird or fish with a belly full of plastic? It’s rather confronting and saddening at the same time. You can see this and many more…
The six countries of the Coral Triangle – Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste – unanimously elected CTC Board of Advisors Prof. Dr. Nor Aieni Haji Mokhtar and Ms. Agnetha Vave-Karamui, as the new CTI-CFF Women Leaders Forum Ambassador and Chairperson, respectively, during the 13th CTI-CFF Senior Officials Meeting held…
The Coral Triangle Center has successfully accomplished one of its most significant contributions to the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (USAID SEA) Project through the launching of “Pejuang Laut” during the World Fisheries Day 2017 commemoration in Ambon, Maluku, on November 21-22, 2017. Around 45 “Pejuang Laut”, or champions of the SEA, coming from three different…
Last month, the training team of Coral Triangle Center visited Ternate City in North Maluku to conduct the Application of Blue Economy in Sustainable Fisheries Management Training for four and half day, starting from November 13-17, 2017. It was part of a training series of the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems (USAID SEA) Project to strengthen the…