The Asian Development Bank (ADB) held its Coral Triangle Pacific annual implementation review workshop in Manila on April 23-26, 2013, to examine the progress of its technical assistance to the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) member countries located in the Pacific – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. The technical assistance is one of the three ADB regional technical assistance projects in support of the CTI-CFF.

An online tool that provides a visual overview of all Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) related projects in the region was presented to CTI-CFF government representatives and development partners at a workshop on April 10-11, 2013, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Kimbe Bay, located in West New Britain Province, off the northern coast of New Britain in Papua New Guinea, is home to some of the most ecologically significant shallow and deepwater marine habitats in the Coral Triangle. More than 60% of the Indo-Pacific’s coral species and more than 860 species of reef fish are found in this 9,800 square kilometer area.