9 June 2017, Manado, Indonesia – The urgency to address marine plastic pollution reverberates across the six Coral Triangle (CT6) member countries as part of the Coral Triangle Day Celebration 2017. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and Solomon Islands are taking a stand against single-use plastics to combat ocean plastic pollution. This strong call for action is crucial, as a staggering 8 million metric tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean each year, and this figure could double in just 10 years if our behavior doesn’t change.

Turning the Tide in Marine Conservation – The Women Leaders Forum of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security*

*An article by CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat and Rili Djohani, Executive Director of Coral Triangle Center/CTC in supporting the conduct of CTI-CFF Side Event at UN Ocean Conference on SDG14, 6 June 2017, UNHQ, New York “The Coral Triangle – Partnerships to Achieve SDG14 (and more!!!) in the World’s Epicentre of Marine Biodiversity”

Venue: CTI-CFF Secretariat Building, Manado, Indonesia

Date   : 12-14 June 2017

Objectives:

1. Design a network of MPAs to protect the migratory sea turtles in the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine

     Ecosystem (SSME) Priority Seascape;

2. Design a framework for sea turtle management with Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance

    (MCS) System