Closer collaboration among development partners is essential to ensure the sustainability, scalability, and replicability of coastal and marine conservation programs, according to representatives of multilateral financial institutions (MFIs) who recently visited the Philippines.

“I think it’s about lessons of success. Success breeds success, and so what we need are models that can be upscaled and replicated in the Philippines, in the region, and in other parts of the world,” said Nessim Ahmad, Environment and Social Safeguards Division Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Animal Planet’s “Wild Deep” series has begun featuring a three-part documentary highlighting the unique marine and coastal resources of the Coral Triangle.

Simply called “The Coral Triangle,” the landmark series aims to reveal the hidden wonders of the “Ocean’s Amazon”—a six million square kilometer area spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and the Solomon Islands, considered the global epicenter of marine biodiversity.

1st CTI-CFF Appointments Committee Meeting, February 19, 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

For more details about this activity, please contact Dr. Hendra Siry,  Secretary for Coordination and External Affairs, CTI-CFF Interim Regional Secretariat. Email: hendrasiry@gmail.com

Distinguished Friends and Colleagues,

As 2013 draws to a close, I sit in my office and take a moment to salute you—members and partners of the Coral Triangle Initiative for Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF)—for your continued commitment to our mission and for the trust you have placed in the CTI-CFF Interim Regional Secretariat (IRS) to provide coordination and support for the implementation of regional activities.

The CTI-CFFCoordination Mechanism Working Group Meeting is scheduled on February 18, 2014 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. For further details about this activity contact Ms. Lydia Napitupulu at cti.cmwg@gmail.com

Prompted by the increasing impact of climate change on one of Southeast Asia’s major coral reef systems, and guided by lessons from the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, CTI-CFF member countries have called on governments worldwide to implement policies and programs that strengthen marine resource conservation and enhance the resilience of coastal communities to climate change impacts.