US Coral Triangle Initiative: What's New http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/RecentNews.aspx RSS feed for the What's New list. Sat, 19 May 2012 03:04:31 GMT Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator 60 US Coral Triangle Initiative: What's New /uscti/_layouts/images/homepage.gif http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/RecentNews.aspx Timor-Leste Equipped with Tools to Implement Sustainable Fisheries Programs http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=123 Body:
Fisheries and coastal resource managers from government and non-government organizations in Timor-Leste learned how to better manage their sites after attending a three-day workshop in Dili on June 20-22, 2011 organized by the US CTI Support Program. The workshop enabled the 25 participants to apply two sustainable fisheries approaches - Integrated Coastal Management and Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management - and the corresponding tools and methods in their project sites. The participants also identified immediate actions that they will undertake to ensure that their sites are sustainably managed. Experts from the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia, the Pacific Command of the US Navy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration served as resource persons and helped organized the training.
]]> Leilani Gallardo Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:02:02 GMT http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=123 Fight Against Destructive Fishing Practices Strengthened http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=122 Body:
Twenty two government officers from nine municipalities in Palawan, Philippines increased their knowledge and skills in fighting illegal and destructive fishing activities after attending a Fish Examiners’ Training in Puerto Princesa City on June 20-22, 2011. The three-day training is the second phase of a12-day training conducted in May and will enable the officers to assist the police and the coast guard in determining, through scientific examinations, whether fish on-board commercial fishing vessels are caught illegally using explosives. Fishing boats found to have used explosives are not allowed to land in seaports and unload their catch. CTSP, working through WWF-Philippines, organized the training in cooperation with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Coast Guard.
]]> Leilani Gallardo Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:01:33 GMT http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=122 Private Tour Companies Underscore Eco-Tourism Potential of Proposed MPA in Malaysia http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=121 Body:
Private tour operators in Malaysia highlighted the potential eco-tourism value of three sites in the proposed Tun Mustapha Park (TMP) in Sabah, Malaysia as well as the infrastructure needed to develop its full potential. The tour operators, who visited the site on June 16, 2011, noted that TMP has vast potential for coastal and dive activities, which could generate sustainable livelihood for local communities and reduce their dependency on fishing activities. Inputs from the tour operators will be incorporated in the management plan for the proposed TMP which is currently being developed. CTSP, working through WWF-Malaysia, is supporting the establishment of the TMP as a multiple-use marine protected area (MPA). The proposed park covers more than one million hectares with 50 islands and more than 80,000 inhabitants and is home to rich marine biodiversity with 252 species of hard corals, 350 species of fish including endangered green sea turtles and dugongs.
]]> Leilani Gallardo Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:00:27 GMT http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=121 US Ambassador to the Philippines Highlights Climate Change Awareness in Coastal Areas http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=120 Body:
US Ambassador to the Philippine Harry K. Thomas Jr. planted mangrove seedlings at the Ang Pulo mangrove conservation site at the Verde Island Passage (VIP) in Batangas, Philippines on April 28, 2011 as part of Earth Day and USAID’s 50th Anniversary celebrations. The Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP), working through Conservation International in collaboration with the Municipality of Calatagan, supports the development of Ang Pulo as part of an overall plan to sustain the productivity of coastal ecosystems along the VIP through mangrove rehabilitation schemes that offer livelihood benefits while averting climate change risks such as coastal erosion. USAID Philippines Mission Director Gloria D. Steele and US Peace Corps Philippines Country Director Sonia Derenoncourt also planted mangrove seedlings together with local government officers and community members.
]]> Leilani Gallardo Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:59:52 GMT http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=120 Science-Based Coastal and Marine Resource Management in the Philippines Gets A Boost http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=119 Body:
Twelve academics from universities located in US CTI Support Program priority geography sites in the Philippines underwent a two-week intensive training course covering physical and chemical oceanography, biology of coastal habitats, fisheries, climate change, and socioeconomic monitoring. The training, held on May 3-15, 2011, is part of a mentoring program designed to enhance the capacity of state colleges and universities and higher academic institutions in providing technical assistance to local government units in the implementation of the CTI National Plan of Action. At the end of the course, the participants developed proposals that would contribute to coastal resources management in their respective localities. Once approved, the proposals will be implemented by the participants with support from their academic mentors and CTSP, working through Conservation International and the Marine Environment and Resources Foundation. It is expected that the mentee academics and their institutions will be equipped with enough knowledge and skills to help address local coastal and marine resource management needs.
]]> Leilani Gallardo Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:59:24 GMT http://www.uscti.org/uscti/Lists/WhatsNew/DispForm.aspx?ID=119