The CTI-CFF Financial Resources Working Group (FRWG) and Coordination Mechanisms Working Group (CMWG) will conduct meetings in Bali, Indonesia on 21 – 22 March 2013. These Meetings will be back to back with the 3rd CTI-CFF Regional Business Forum (3rd RBF) on 25-26 March 2013.

This 2-day regional event is convened with the following objectives:

FRWG Meeting
 

The Coordinating Minister for Welfare Affairs and the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in Indonesia wil inaugurate the CTI-CFF Center in Manado on February 11, 2013 in conjunction with the Indonesia National Press Day. For more information, contact the CTI-CFF Interim Regional Secretariat Secretary for Coordination and External Affairs Dr. Hendra Siry at  hendrasiry@gmail.com.  

Representatives from various development and non-governmental organizations supporting the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) will gather in Bali, Indonesia, on January 16–17, 2013, to enhance coordination of activities that ensure the initiative’s sustainability.

One year after its rollout, mapping experts from Charles Darwin University, together with colleagues from the Timor-Leste government, have made significant progress in mapping the marine and coastal habitats of Timor-Leste.

Local Communities in Raja Ampat Embrace MPA Zoning Plan
By: Sangeeta Manghubai, TNC

Fifty-two government and private sector representatives from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam attended an inter-governmental forum in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 31–February 1, 2013. They developed a concrete roadmap to address the negative impacts of the live reef fish trade in the Coral Triangle region. The forum was organized by USAID’s US Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Support Program in collaboration with the CTI Interim Regional Secretariat and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC).