The Government of Indonesia, in collaboration with development partners, will host a high-level side event during the Leader’s Summit at Rio+20 to highlight the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security’s (CTI-CFF) achievements to date and lay out the vision and call to action for its future. The event will be held on June 21 from 19:00–20:30 at Room P3-B in Rio Centro.
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USAID’s Coral Triangle Support Partnership completed a scoping study on March 15, 2012 that identified major scientific gaps that need to be addressed to establish and manage an effective marine protected area (MPA) system in the Coral Triangle that integrates fisheries, biodiversity and climate change objectives.
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The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF), together with its partners, is supporting the launch of the Coral Triangle Day on 9 June 2012, in conjunction with World Oceans Day.
On World Oceans Day people around the planet celebrate and honor the body of water which links us all, for what it provides humans and what it represents. Be a part of this growing global celebration!
Follow this link to be a part of the global event.
The meeting seeks to achieve the following objectives: define membership and structure of the MEWG identify scope, roles and functions of the MEWG and c.) define the operational procedures and requirements of MEWG, among others. For more information about this event, download the draft agenda from this link.
The Coral Triangle Fishers Forum (CTFF) II, will be held in Suva Fiji and will allow participants to gain perspective from fishers around the region, learn more about the issues that affect them, and gain a common ground in achieving sustainable and equitable fisheries.
In order to prepare the Timor-Leste National CTI Coordinating Committee (NCC) for the High Level Financial Round Table to be held in Manila on 3 May as an event during the ADB Annual Meeting, the ADB RETA will assist the government in developing its National Financial Strategy, which will include Sustainable Financing Modalities including Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES).To find out more about this event, follow this link.
Location: Manila, Philippines
The workshop aims to prepare the Regional SCTR and establish institutional mechanisms for its completion, sustained preparation, and utilization as a modality for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for higher level objectives of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI). For more information about the event, please follow this link.
The WorldFish Center and the ADB Knowledge Management (KM) for the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) 
project convened 26 participants to a workshop aimed at improving fish catch statistics collection in the Philippines, with a focus on subsistence fisheries. The workshop was held in Makati City on February 20-21, 2012.
