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- 23 May 2012
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There is currently no comprehensive legislation on coastal management or marine resource conservation in Timor-Leste. Subsidiary law from Indonesian law are applied in the meanwhile. At the moment, a national park has already been established (with significant marine resource protection) and several marine protected areas are in preparation.
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The project aims to draft and finalize regulation on the functions, management, and disbursement procedure of the Marine Development Fund.The Strategic Approach/Methodology: Drafting of the regulation must take into account previous experiences in disbursement of micro credit in Timor-Leste, and at least one of the experts involved must have had incountry experience of at least three years. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will supervise the processand conduct consultations with the Ministry of Planning and Finance.
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- 23 May 2012
Strengthening Our Role as Caretakers of the Sea: Reflections on World Oceans Day
By: Suseno Sukoyono, Vice Chair, CTI Interim Regional Secretariat
On June 8, 2011, the Coral Triangle countries joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Oceans Day—an annual event that commemorates the vast resources of our oceans and inspires collective action to sustain them.
Under the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Philippine National Plan of Action, ICM serves as an overall
framework in pursuing the five goals of the CTI,where a bottom-up approach was utilized in coming up
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The project aims to bring a sustainability perspective to the generation of financial resources for the implementation of the Philippines’ CTI-‐ CFF National Plan of Action. Specifically, the proposal aims to
generate commitment and procure funds from donors that will go into an endowment fund for NPOA
implementation in the Philippines.
This document was presented by the Philippine CTI NCC at the first CTI High Level Financial Roundtable in Manila on May 3, 2012.
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The project aims to address environmental information roadblock by adopting the Integrated Information Management System (IIMS) developed by the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Sea of East Asia (PEMSEA) Acquisition, processing, integration,and visualization of various data on coastal and marine and river basin management needed for decision-making is a key feature of the IIMS.
This document was presented by the Philippine CTI NCC at the first CTI High Level Financial Roundtable in Manila on May 3, 2012.
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In order to arrest further degradation of the country’s remaining mangrove stands, immediate and effective
interventions need to be properly put into place. The DENR will take the lead in planning, implementation
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How are the collaborative groups and networks established in the CTI-CFF? How do they operate?
What is the Coral Triangle Day and why are we celebrating it on June 9?