The CTI-CFF held its first Seascape Working Group Meeting in Sanur, Indonesia, on April 16-17, 2013, to develop a roadmap of activities and review existing seascape and other large-scale marine planning work underway in the Coral Triangle. During the meeting, working group members from Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste committed to move forward in implementing their respective programs in support of the CTI Regional Plan of Action Goal to ensure that priority seascapes are designated and effectively managed.

On March 26, 2013, the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) launched an online platform to match climate change adaptation projects needing support in the six CTI member countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste—with investors and funding organizations.

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.