The project aims to build up the coastal communities’ vulnerability profile. It also intends to get data (exposure, sensitivity adaptive capacity) from the vulnerability and adaptation assessments to inform the national, provincial and community stakeholders on strategic planning for climate change adaptation. Furthermore, the project aims to identify and rank the most vulnerable areas to prioritise resource allocation.

This document was presented by the Solomon Islands CTI NCC at the first CTI High Level Financial Roundtable in Manila on May 3, 2012.

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The project aims to build the capacity for Marine Protected Area (MPA) management within MECDM and at key geographic sites. The goal is to acquire the core knowhow in MPA management that will lead to further development of MPA/LMMA in country.

This document was presented by the Solomon Islands CTI NCC at the first CTI High Level Financial Roundtable in Manila on May 3, 2012.

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The project aims to enable 80% of Solomon Islands communities and children to access Community Based Resource Management (CBRM) information, resource materials, and have the skills and ability to engage in CBRM by 2015.

This document was presented by the Solomon Islands CTI NCC at the first CTI High Level Financial Roundtable in Manila on May 3, 2012.

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  • 30 May 2012

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced details of a new phase of its four-year project supporting the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF).

ADB is providing technical assistance to five Pacific countries through the project “Strengthening Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific (Phase II)”, which aims to improve the resilience of their coastal and marine ecosystems to climate change.

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

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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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