Coral Triangle Initiative

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The 1st CTI Ministerial Meeting
The first CTI Ministerial Meeting conducted in Port Moresby, PNG in March 2009. ...[ ]

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WOC and CTI Summit 2009
International agreements and conventions on oceans are important as sound references for deriving na...[ ]

Jan

2009

Village Approach Advocated to Protect Coral Triangle

News - CTI Updates

Enabling coastal villages to better look after their marine resources has been a tried and proven approach in Indonesia, the Philippines, and elsewhere—and is the core of a strategy to protect the Coral Triangle from overexploitation and destructive fishing practices.

Jan

2009

Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Endorsed by APEC Summit

Issues - Regional

During the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Sydney, 21 world leaders endorsed a new proposal to safeguard the rich marine resources of the Indo-Pacific region for future generations. The Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security aims to bring together six governments in a multilateral partnership to conserve the extraordinary marine life in the region. The proposal was endorsed in the Sydney APEC Leaders’ Declaration on Climate Change, Energy Security and Clean Development. U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed this Initiative during the Summit.

Dec

2008

Coral Triangle comes under focus

Issues - International

Representatives from six Asia Pacific nations, development partners and experts converged in Townsville last month to discuss a regional plan to protect marine biodiversity, fisheries and food security in the Coral Triangle region. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett said the Australian Government supported the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security.

Oct

2008

USAID and Partners Support Coral Triangle Initiative to Protect Six Nations’ Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

News - CTI Updates

U.S. EMBASSY PRESS RELEASE. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today pledged nearly $40 million to support the international effort to save the Coral Triangle, the world’s greatest expanse of mangroves, coral reefs and diversity of fish, currently under threat from pollution, unsustainable fishing practices and climate change.

Jan

2009

Coral Triangle Initiative Townsville Workshop, 10-14 November 2008

News - CTI Updates

The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security and an Australian Government seminar to support the Coral Triangle Initiative: Coral Reef Protection and Management.

The 5.7 million km2 of the Coral Triangle (CT) is home to the highest diversity of marine life on earth. This region stretches across six countries: Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon islands and Timor Leste (CT6).

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Talks to protect food security, emission cut
The inaugural World Ocean Conference (WOC) will kick off Monday, with the target of getting a consensus from participating countries on the role of the ocean in dealing with human-induced climate chan...[ ]

Coral Reef News

Large Sponges May Be Reattached To Coral Reefs
ScienceDaily (Apr. 28, 2009) — A new study describes a novel technique for reattaching large sponges that have been dislodged from coral reefs. The findings could be generally applied to the restoration of other large sponge species removed by human activities or storms....[ ]

Socioeconomic Study On Coral Reefs Points To Challenges Of Coastal Resource Management
ScienceDaily (Dec. 10, 2008) — A first of its kind study, "Socioeconomic Conditions Along the World's Tropical Coasts: 2008," reports on the social and economic ramifications of healthy coral reefs in 27 tropical nations and points to the inability of coastal managers to effectively implement deca...[ ]

Four Years After Tsunami, Coral Reefs Recovering
ScienceDaily (Jan. 1, 2009) — A team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has reported a rapid recovery of coral reefs in areas of Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated coastal regions throughout the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004....[ ]