Indonesia and the Philippines will serve as the pilot markets for a new initiative that aims to make fishing more sustainable and improve the lives of fishermen and their communities by developing practical solutions using the power of commercially viable mobile technology.
This was announced at the “Our Ocean” Conference hosted on June 16-17 by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, DC.
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on June 17 announced new coastal programs valued at more than US$170 million, including support to the Secretariat of the CTI-CFF.
The announcement took place at the “Our Ocean” Conference hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry on June 16–17. The coastal programs are intended to benefit coastal communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Pacific, which include some of the most vulnerable, poor, and marginalized populations.
The Monitoring and Evaluation System (M&E System) Operation Manual has been developed as a guide for the Regional Secretariat, the Technical Working Groups (TWGs), the National Coordinating Committees (NCCs) and the implementing partners of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF).
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(Manila, Philippines) — The governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines have pledged to enhance cooperation in the regional crackdown on the illegal trade of marine turtles in the rich waters of the Coral Triangle.
The commitment was made at a marine turtle trade workshop hosted by the Philippine government from June 3 to 4, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines.
The Regional State of the Coral Triangle (RSCT) provides benchmarks on the biophysical, governance, and socioeconomic attributes of the six Coral Triangle countries, also known as CT6 - Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste—and the threats, vulnerabilities, and emerging issues in each country and in the CT6 as a collective unit.
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The Economics of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Coral Triangle (EFACT) is the first report of its kind that consolidates primary and secondary information on fisheries and aquaculture using a regional lens and analytical tools from economics. The EFACT is an output of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance—Regional Cooperation on Knowledge Management, Policy, and Institutional Support to the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI).
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The Coral Triangle Day is celebrated across the region by different groups in many different ways. Click on the photos below to go to the Countries' The Coral Triangle Day Galleries and view some images and snippets that we have so far received of this year's celebrations. See also our Facebook Page (and like us!) for more up-to-date posts, and do email us your photos so we can share them.
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Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to send warm greetings to all CTI-CFF colleagues as you prepare activities marking Coral Triangle Day (CT-Day) 2014. You may recall that in 2012 in Putrajaya, Malaysia, our Ministers endorsed June 9 as CT-Day.
Looking back at the last two years of CT-Day celebrations, I would like to express my warmest appreciation to those who have consistently devoted themselves to organizing numerous events that strengthen ties among CT-6 Countries, Partners, and communities living in the Coral Triangle region.
