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WHAT IS
THE CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE on CORAL
REEFS, FISHERIES & FOOD SECURITY?
Coral Triangle Initiative
Congo Basin Initiative
Global center of
marine abundance & diversity
Second largest
intact tropical forest in the world
In response to the alarming trends of
destruction in the region, President Yudhoyono
of Indonesia proposed to other CT leaders a
new multilateral partnership to safeguard the
region’s marine and coastal biological
resources: the Coral Triangle Initiative on
Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security
(CTI-CFF). This initial proposal set in
motion a series of events that
has advanced this effort
quickly and decisively
● March 2006
President letter
to Biodiversity
Convention
● September
2007 - 21
Government
Leaders
support CTI at
APEC Summit
in Sydney,
Australia
● December
2007 – 6 CTI
countries have
1st Senior
Official Meeting
in Bali
President
Arroyo
(Philippines
)
PM
Abdullah
Ahmad
Badawi
(Malaysia)
President
Jose
RamosHorta
(East Timor)
PM Howard
(Australia)
PM
Sogavare
(Solomon
Islands)
PM
Somare
(PNG)
President Bush
(U.S.)
President Yudhoyono
(Indonesia)
MEMBERS
 INDONESIA
 MALAYSIA
 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 PHILIPPINES
 TIMOR-LESTE
 SOLOMON ISLANDS
PARTNERS
 USA
 AUSTRALIA
 ADB
 TNC
 CI
 WWF
1st Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) –
Bali, 6 – 7 December 2007
Results: Principles and 5 Goals
•
•
•
“Priority Seascapes” designated and effectively managed
Ecosystem approach to management of fisheries and
other marine resources fully applied
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) established and effectively
managed, including community-based resource utilization
and management
•
Climate change adaptation measures achieved
•
Threatened species status improving
1.Officially launch CTI-CFF to address threats to marine,
coastal and small island ecosystem through accelerated
collaborative action
2.Adopt the CTI Regional Plan of Action (CTI – RPOA), a
document to conserve and sustainably manage coastal and
marine resource
3.Agreed to establish Secretariat to service the ongoing
implementation process
2nd Ministerial Meeting
Gizo, Solomon Islands
November 2009
1. The Ministers adopted the CTI Coordination Mechanism Structure and
its Terms of Reference, and the CTI Regional Secretariat structure and
its basic functions
2. Ministers endorsed Indonesia to host the CTI Regional Secretariat
3. The Ministers expressed their appreciation for the exemplary work of the
interim CTI Regional Secretariat and agreed to extend its mandate until
a permanent secretariat is formally established
CTI – CFF Coordination Mechanism
Structure
Agreed in SOM4, Kota Kinabalu Malaysia, Oct’09
Organization Structure
ROADMAP CTI-CFF 2010 - 2011
2010
2011
Jan. - May
June - July
August
•Legal drafting
of the
establishment
of the CTI-CFF
Regional
Secretariat
•Legal drafting
of the Host
Country
Agreement
•conciliation
of legal
draft
documents
•6th Senior
Officials
Meeting
(SOM 6)
•3rd
Ministerial
Meeting
(MM 3)
•Drafting rules of
procedure
•Drafting
financial
regulations
•Drafting staff
regulations
Sept
Oct December
Jan-Jul
August-Des
•SOM 7
•High
Level
Financial
Meeting
•Finalizing Financial
Commitment and Planning
•Finalizing procedures and
regulations
•Recruitment
process
•CTI-CFF
Regional
Secretariat
operates
•Finalizing Host Country
Agreement
•Preparation and implementation of Prioritized Regional Plan of Actions
•Implementation of National Plan of Actions
•Preparation and development of Secretariat’s building
Priority Actions Recommended for 2010 – 2011
Identified nine priority actions from the CTI-CFF Regional Plan of
Action.
Goal 1. Priority Seascapes designated and effectively managed
Target 2. Marine and coastal resources within all “Priority Seascapes”
are being sustainably managed.
Action 1. Adopt a general “model” for sustainable management of
seascapes.
Goal 2.Ecosystem Approach for Fisheries Management (EAFM)
Target 1. Strong legislative, policy and regulatory frameworks in place
for achieving an ecosystem approach to fisheries
management
Action 1. Collaborate to develop a “common regional framework
for legislation and policy” that would support EAFM;
drawing on this, strengthen regional and national
legislation, policies and regulations.
Action 2. Improve enforcement of IUU fishing through greater
collaboration.
Priority Actions Recommended for 2010 – 2011
Goal 3. MPA established and effectively managed
Target 1. Region-wide Coral Triangle MPA System (CTMPAS) in place
and fully functional.
Action 1. Jointly establish overall goals, objectives, principles,
and operational design elements for a CTMPAS centered
around priority MPA networks.
Action 3. Build capacity for effective management of the CTMPAS.
Goal 4. Climate change adaptation measures achieved
Target 1. Region-wide Early Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation
for the near-shore marine and coastal environment and small
island ecosystems developed and implemented
Action 1. Identify the most important and immediate adaptation
measures that should be taken across all Coral Triangle
countries, based primarily on analyses using existing
models.
Priority Actions Recommended for 2010 – 2011
Goal 4. Climate change adaptation measures achieved
Target 1.
Action 3 and 4. (blended) Complete and implement a Regionwide Early Action Plan for Climate Change
Adaptation and Conduct capacity needs
assessments and develop capacity programs on
climate change adaptation measures
Goal 5. Threatened species status improving
Target 1. Improved status of sharks, sea turtles, seabirds, marine
mammals, coral, seagrass, mangroves and other
identified threatened species
Action 3. Complete and implement region-wide Sea Turtles
Conservation Action Plan.
Action 5. Complete and implement region-wide Marine
Mammals Conservation Action Plan.
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