CT ATLAS Training for NCCs

Press Release

CT Atlas Training for NCCs

Manado, Indonesia, 18 July 2020 – The CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat, in collaboration with WorldFish, conducted the Coral Triangle (CT) ATLAS Training for CTI-CFF National Coordinating Committees (NCCs) on 17 July 2020 via ZOOM.

The online training provided the NCCs with insights on using the re-designed CT Atlas, particularly guidance through its basic features and optimization of its contents, such as the interactive panel, layers, exporting of maps, and updating country profiles.

The CT Atlas is an online GIS database containing the most up-to-date spatial data at the regional scale of the Coral Triangle. It enhances the efficiency of management and conservation planning in the region, providing governments, NGOs, researchers, managers, communities, and others access to spatial data while encouraging data sharing to fill gaps, reduce duplication, and ensure the most complete and current data is available.

The CT Atlas was started in 2009 and was housed at the WorldFish Center in Penang, Malaysia. In 2019, it was re-designed and migrated from WorldFish to the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat.

“We hope that the CT6 Member Countries are encouraged to make use of the data already collected and to actively contribute their new data. The up-to-date data you provide will undoubtedly contribute to the credibility of the CT Atlas as an effective tool to ensure that it achieves its objectives in providing a dynamic and updated decision-support tool for the CT6, strategic partners, research institutions, NGOs, communities, and others,” said CTI-CFF RS Executive Director Dr. Mohd Kushairi Mohd Rajuddin, in a message delivered by RS’s Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Services Mr. Gustaaf Lumiu.

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About CTI-CFF

The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) is a multilateral partnership of six countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste (CT6). The CT6 countries work together to sustain extraordinary marine and coastal resources by addressing crucial issues such as food security, climate change, and marine biodiversity. The CTI-CFF was established formally during the Leaders’ Summit in 2009 with approval of the leaders from the CT6 countries. They adopted the CTI Regional Plan of Action (CTI RPOA), which is a strategic action plan with five goals: (1) designation of effectively managed seascapes; (2) application of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management; (3) establishment of a fully functional marine protected area system; (4) strengthening climate change adaptation and resilience; and (5) improving the status of threatened marine species.

About Regional Secretariat

The Regional Secretariat (RS) of the CTI-CFF is mandated to promote regional cooperation, knowledge sharing, and learning facilities within the six member countries of the Coral Triangle. The RS coordinates and supports official meetings and events linked to the CTI-CFF process, including cross-cutting services in support of monitoring and evaluation, financial coordination, information management, and outreach. It also coordinates the implementation of CTI-CFF RPOA and provides support to, and coordination with, National Coordinating Committees (NCCs), including advising the CTI-CSO on emerging opportunities and priorities to reach the goals and targets of the RPOA. The RS acts as a channel for communication and information sharing and fosters networking among the Parties, CTI Partners, and other organizations and donors in promoting the objectives of the CTI-CFF. The Regional Secretariat is based in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Media Contact:

Janet Rosalie Anne H. Polita

Communication & Information Manager

CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat: www.coraltriangleinitiative.org 

Email: jpolita@cticff.org or regional.secretariat@cticff.org