CT ATLAS Training for NCCs

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18 July 2020

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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 gave the NCCs insights on how to use the re-designed CT Atlas, particularly guide through its basic features and on how to optimize its contents such as interactive panel, layers, exporting of maps, and updating country profiles.

The CT Atlas is an online GIS database, with the most up-to-date spatial data at the regional scale of the Coral Triangle which will improve the efficiency of management and conservation planning in the region. It provides governments, NGOs, researchers, managers, communities and others the access to spatial data while encouraging them to share their data to complete the gaps, therefore reducing duplicate data collection efforts and providing the most complete and most current data available.

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

“We hope that the CT6 Member Countries, is encouraged to make use of the data already collected and to actively contribute their new data. The up-to-date data you will be providing undoubtedly will contribute to the credibility of CT Atlas as an effective tool help ensure that the CT Atlas achieves its objectives in providing a dynamic and updated decision-support tool for the CT6, strategic partners, research institutions, NGOs, communities, and others,” CTI-CFF RS Executive Director Dr. Mohd Kushairi Mohd Rajuddin said 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 monitors the progress of the implementation of the Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) goals. 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, NCCs, including advising the CTI-CSO on emerging opportunities and priorities to reaching the goals and targets of the RPOA. The RS also acts as the channel of communication and information sharing and foster networking among the Parties, CTI Partners and other organizations and donors in the efforts to promote the objectives of the CTI-CFF. The Regional Secretariat is based in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.