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  • 08 Oct 2012


 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle – Southeast Asia (CTI Southeast Asia) Project held its in-country inception workshop in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on September 4–5, 2012.

During the workshop, CTI Southeast Asia consultants presented the scope of work, outputs, and expected outcomes of the new project, and validated with the Malaysian National Coordinating Committee the proposed priority subprojects to be implemented under CTI Southeast Asia. These subprojects address the five goals identified in the Regional Plan of Action and the Malaysian National Plan of Action:

  • Priority seascapes and marine protected areas: Profiling of Malaysia’s marine ecosystem within the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion; establishing a sustainable palm oil and marine industries program in Silam and Darvel Bay; and capacity building on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) and marine protected area management.
  • EAFM and threatened species protection: Developing alternative livelihoods in Kota Marudu–Pitas District; promoting community-based ecotourism in three sites; and addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing of coral reef species.
  • Climate change adaptation: Conducting project scoping, vulnerability assessments, and special studies; capacity building on the use of vulnerability assessment tools; assessing and implementing climate change adaptation measures; and monitoring and evaluation.

A session on sustainable financing and the use of the costing template for the identified subprojects was also conducted during the workshop. A total of 53 representatives participated, including those from the Asian Development Bank; Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation; Ministry of Agriculture; Department of Fisheries Sabah; Department of Fisheries Malaysia; Department of Conservation Sabah; National Oceanography Directorate; Sabah State Economic Planning Unit; Sabah Parks; Universiti Malaysia Sabah; Universiti Putra Malaysia; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Universiti Utara Malaysia; Palm Oil Industrial Cluster Sabah; and WWF-Malaysia.

Photo: CTI Southeast Asia consultants and CTI Malaysia NCC representatives at the inception workshop.