Threatened Species Status Improving

  • Chairperson: Indonesia
  • Vice Chair: Philippines

This is the link to Threatened Species TOR/Rules and Regulation:

The Coral Triangle region is the epicentre of the global coral biodiversity, and home to a wide variety of marine species, including over 600 coral species, which is more than 75% of the world’s coral species, and more than 2200 species of reef fish, nearly 40% of the world’s reef fish species. The region is home to six of the world’s seven marine turtle species, including other important marine life, such as sharks, rays, whales, and dugongs.

The Threatened Species under the Coral Triangle Initiative’s program focuses on conserving and managing threatened species as defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List "any species that is vulnerable to extinction in the near future: Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN), and Vulnerable (VU)", within the Coral Triangle Region. This program targets critical species, including marine turtles, sharks, rays, marine mammals, and economically important reef species, whose survival is threatened by over-fishing and unselected fishing, habitat destruction, oil spills, marine debris, wildlife trading, climate change in the Coral Triangle region.

The target of this program is by 2030, threats for the survival of all priority threatened species as identified by the CTI-CFF in the Coral Triangle are being addressed with a shared agenda across the member countries, resulting in decreasing threats and/or improving conservation status of priority threatened species.

The CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat through the Threatened Species program seeks collaborative efforts with the six member countries and aims to:

  • Develop and implement strategies and initiatives for addressing waste management and marine pollution in the Coral Triangle Region.
  • Effectively address and combat illegal wildlife trade, including increased regional collaboration and improved monitoring efforts, in the Coral Triangle region.
  • Establishing and managing effective migrator species (marine mammals, sea turtles, and rays) corridors in the Coral Triangle region.
As part of the coordination efforts, the Threatened Species Technical Working Group is leading the coordination and facilitation of the related activities under the RPOA 2.0. The CTI-CFF works closely with our strategic partners including the WWF – Coral Triangle Program to coordinate the implementation of the Threatened Species Program.

The members of Threatened Species Working Group from 2017 - present are as follows:

Name Position Email
Indonesia
Mr. M. Firdaus Agung Kunto Kurniawan (Chair) Director for Conservation and Marine Biodiversity, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries firda_ku@yahoo.com
Ms. Yudit Tia Lestari Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Manager, MMAF yudittialestari@gmail.com
Indonesia NCC Secretariat Indonesia National Coodinationg Committee ncc.indonesia@cticff.org
Malaysia
Mr. Bohari Haji Leng Senior Director of Fisheries Conservation and Protection ctimalaysia@kasa.gov.my
Mr. Azlan Md Noor Head of Conservation, Ecosystem and Biodiversity ctimalaysia@kasa.gov.my
Malaysia NCC Secretariat Malaysia National Coordinating Committee ctimalaysia@kasa.gov.my
Papua New Guinea
Mr. Vagi Rei Manager Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea vrei@dec.gov.pg
Ms. Phelameya J. Haiveta Acting Program Officer Marine Division, Sustainable Environment Programs. Conservation and Environment Protection Authority PHaiveta@cepa.gov.pg
Philippines
Atty. Demosthenes R. Escoto (Co-Chair) OIC Director, Bureau Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Department of Agriculture ph.nccc.secretariat@gmail.com
Philippines NCC Secretariat Philippines National Coodinating Committee ph.nccc.secretariat@gmail.com
Solomon Islands
Paul Tua Chief Fisheries Officer, Inshore Fisheries Division, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. ptua@fisheries.gov.sb
Mr. David Aram Principal Fisheries Officer, Inshore Fisheries Division, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources DAram@fisheries.gov.sb
Ms. Rose Babaua Chief Conservation Officer, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology N/a
Timor Leste
Mr. Benvindo Maria Deus Araujo dos Santos Technical Staff under the Department of Conservation Marine Biodiversity, and Aquatic Environment Management benvindomariadeusaraujodossant@gmail.com
Mr. Fernando da Silva Senior Technical Staff under the Department of Conservation, Marine Biodiversity and Management of the Aquatic Environment baiuari@yahoo.com


The previous Threatened Species Chairs and Co-Chairs are as follows:

Year Chair Country Co-Chair Country
2022 - Current Mr. Andi Rusandi Indonesia Atty. Demosthenes R. Escoto Philippines
2021 - 2022 Mr. Andi Rusandi Indonesia Ms. Natividad Y. Bernardino Philippines
2018 - 2021 Mr. Vagi Rei Papua New Guinea Mr. Andi Rusandi Indonesia
2016-2017 Ms. Tan Geik Hong Malaysia Ms. Theresa Mundita Lim Philippines



Proposed Threatened Species Working Group Workplan for 2023 (TBC by WG):

The 3rd Threatened Species Working Group Meeting
17th- 19th September 2019
Gorontalo, Indonesia

Planned Activities Time Frame Proposed Budget Online
4th Threatened Species working group In-Situ Online Meeting Write-shops: (Postponed to 2024)
  • Draft the Framework plan for the Regional Conservation Plan
  • Q2 (PH: Invitation 1-2 months prior the meeting)
  • USD 8,500
Targeting Regional Investigations for Policing Opportunities & Development (TRIPOD) Project (ID, MY, PH):
  • Philippine government to participate in national Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) training
  • NCCs participate in regional workshop and involvement in the regional taskforce
  • Jan 2023
  • Feb/Mar 2023
 Funded by TRIPOD partners

TRIPOD ongoing and scaling engagement:

  • NCCs and RS to meet with TRIPOD partners to further explore opportunities for CTI CFF to host and convene a regional counter IWT taskforce with selected national focal points , and house TRIPOD toolkit for ongoing delivery and scaling to other CT countries, if favorable , convene first taskforce meeting post Training.

 Feb/Mar 2023 In line with TRIPOD regional event Funded by TRIPOD partners

TRIPOD ongoing and scaling engagement:

  • CTI-CFF member States participate in the Asia Pacific Marine Turtle Genetic Working Group and contribute to ShellBank, in line with CITES turtle mandates, to collect DNA samples from wild and seized marine turtle specimens to determine species and geographic origin in support of research, investigations and prosecutions
  • CTI-CFF encourages member states to replicate the activities of the TRIPOD project after project closure in their countries and help disseminate the outputs of the project to inform national Legislation

On going, beyond project end Beyond project end In part funded by ShellBank project Seek funding

Activities

# Date Location Meeting Title Meeting Documents
1 5-6 th April 2021 Jakarta, Indonesia Training of Trainers (ToT) on MPAs and Sharks and Rays
2 17-18 th September 2019 Gorontalo, Indonesia 3rd Threatened Species Working Group Meeting
3 25-27th Feb 2019 Lombok, Indonesia CTI Regional Training for Sharks and Rays in 2019 in conjunction with Wildlife Conservation Society
4 26th April 2018 Quezon City, Philippines 2nd Threatened Species Working Group Meeting
5 24-26th April 2018 Quezon City, Philippines 1st CTI-CFF Threatened Species Working Group Regional Exchange
6 23rd March 2017 Putrajaya, Malaysia 1st Threatened Species Working Group Meeting

Reference Materials

Term of Reference

No. Documents Name Documents Link
1 Term of Reference for the Establishment of Sub-Group for Priority Seascapes in the Coral Triangle
2 Terms of Reference for the Establishment of Sulu Sulawesi Seascape Sub-group
3 Term of reference for the Establishment of Sub-Group for Lesser Sunda Seascape Sub-Group
4 Term of Reference for the Establishment of Bismarck Solomon Seas Ecoregion Sub-Group

Term of Reference

No. Documents Name Documents Link
1 Term of Reference for the Establishment of Sub-Group for Priority Seascapes in the Coral Triangle
2 Terms of Reference for the Establishment of Sulu Sulawesi Seascape Sub-group
3 Term of reference for the Establishment of Sub-Group for Lesser Sunda Seascape Sub-Group
4 Term of Reference for the Establishment of Bismarck Solomon Seas Ecoregion Sub-Group
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