Visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Papua New Guinea
The Honorable William Dihm, Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat (RS), CEPA, and NCC CTI-CFF PNG delegation in Port Moresby.
The Honorable William Dihm reaffirmed the PNG Government’s commitment to:
A Formal Meeting between Regional Secretariat of CTI-CFF and the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) of PNG
Mr. John Edward Kasu, Managing Director of NFA, led a formal meeting with the Regional Secretariat of CTI-CFF represented by Widi A. Pratikto, Ph.D., Executive Director of CTI-CFF, to discuss issues related to fisheries in PNG and the Coral Triangle region.
RS CTI-CFF & ACIAR Meeting
In an effort to build a possible strategic alliance with a development partner in PNG, CTI-CFF is exploring cooperation with ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research), which manages several projects in PNG.
Emily Flowers, Country Director of ACIAR, shared knowledge and experiences with Widi A. Pratikto, Ph.D., Executive Director of CTI-CFF.
The meeting was also a follow-up to a previous discussion on a long-term cooperation plan between CTI-CFF and James Cook University Australia in Indonesia.
The Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Eco-region (SSME) or Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape is located in the western Indo-Pacific region at the apex of the Coral Triangle covering 1 million km² of marine and terrestrial areas in Indonesia (North Sulawesi and East and North Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah) and the Philippines. The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) recognizes the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape as one of its priority seascapes.
The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reef, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI–CFF) Regional Secretariat has recently hosted the “Selection Process of Deputy Executive Director for Program and Corporate Services” from 27-28 June 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Regional Secretariat of CTI-CFF paid a visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG) in preparation for the 12th Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) and the 6th Ministerial Meeting (MM) of CTI-CFF. The events are scheduled to be held in Port Moresby on 31 October – 3 November 2016.
Some positive meeting outcomes with senior officials of PNG:
The Full Report of Implementation Planning Meeting of Sulu Sulawesi Seascape in Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM), which conducted on 2-5 June 2015 in Manado, Indonesia.
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Following the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Honolulu, Hawaii (18–24 June 2016), several important activities were planned and scheduled for the Regional Secretariat (RS) CTI-CFF to conduct and participate in:
Happy Coral Triangle Day 2016: Save the Coral Triangle – Stop Plastic Pollution!
Let's keep plastic out of the Coral Triangle
Plastic is perhaps one of the most useful inventions. We use plastic in almost every aspect of our lives: plastic bottles to hold our drinking water, plastic bags for our food, even plastic particles—called microbeads—in our toothpaste. Yuck, how does plastic enter our food chain? And what can we do about it?
