His Excellency Sharief C. Sutardjo, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, has appointed Prof. Dr. Ir. Sjarief Widjaja, Ph.D., FRINA, Secretary General of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia, as the new Chairman of the CTI-CFF Interim Regional Secretariat (IRS), effective January 17, 2014. After more than three years serving as IRS Chairman, his predecessor, Dr. Sudirman Saad, is moving on to assume new responsibilities.

Place: Mactan, Cebu, Philippines

1st CTI-CFF Seascapes Working Group Regional Exchange Workshop, April 8-10, 2014, Manila, Philippines

For more information, please contact Nicole Esters (n.esters@conservation.org)