CTI-CFF inks declaration of support for WCS-KfW project

Manado, Indonesia, February 2020 – CTI-CFF showed its support for the new partnership project between Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and KfW Development Bank in Indonesia.

CTI-CFF, through its Regional Secretariat Executive Director Dr. Mohd Kushairi Mohd Rajuddin, witnessed the signing ceremony and was one of the signatories to the declaration of support for the WCS–KfW marine biodiversity and coastal fisheries project. This initiative forms part of the general conservation support to the Government of Indonesia, led by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

The six-year project, funded by the European Union with a total of 9.75 million euros, focuses on the development of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and fisheries management in two areas of Indonesia — North Sulawesi and North Maluku. In the Philippines, the project will target the province of Palawan and the southern provinces of Mindanao, beginning with initial assessment and scoping. At the regional level, the project will support CTI-CFF by providing technical and capacity inputs on sustainable finance, fisheries climate change modelling and adaptation planning, combating IUU fishing and wildlife trafficking, and integrated land-sea management approaches.

Present at the signing ceremony were H.E. Vincent Piket, European Union Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam; Dr. Christine Heimburger, Director for East Asia/Pacific of KfW Development Bank; the Second Secretary to the Governor of North Sulawesi, Mr. Praseno Hadi; Mr. Ir. Noel Layuk Allo, Head of the Nature Conservation Agency North Sulawesi; and Dr. Noviar Andayani, Country Director of WCS Indonesia Program.