The Coral Triangle Ini.a.ve on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI- CFF): An Ini.a.ve For A Sustainable Future

The Coral Triangle Ini.a.ve on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI- CFF): An Ini.a.ve For A Sustainable Future Presented at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Los Banos, Philippines, 7 December 2012 HENDRA YUSRAN SIRY, Ph.D Vice Coordinator, Interim- Regional Secretariat The Coral Triangle Ini.a.ve on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI CFF)

Where is the Coral Triangle Region? Amazon Congo basin Coral Triangle Why this is so important for the world??

The Coral Triangle (1.6% of CT is Sea: 5.7 million km 2 (2.3 million mi 2 ) Amazon of the Seas Epicenter of Global Marine Biodiversity Over 76% (600+) of coral species About 37% (3000+) species of reef fish 6 out of 7 Marine Turtle Species Over 53% of world s coral reefs Largest extent of mangrove forests in world Six Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Timor- Leste

Supports 36 million people of whom 120 million are directly dependent on it for livelihood, food security and way of life Up to 90% of fish and marine resources in the Coral Triangle are at immediate risk from range of factors i.e. overfishing, unsustainable fishing pracyces, polluyon and climate change The Coral Triangle

Threats to Coral Triangle More Than 85% of the Reefs in the Coral Triangle is Under Threat by: By overfishing for food, ornamentals Destruc.ve fishing methods such as the use of cyanide and blast fishing Rapidly increasing human populayons Coastal development Loss of cri.cal habitats Land- based sources of pollu.on Rising sea temperatures have increased threats to reefs

In response to the alarming trends in the region, President Yudhoyono of Indonesia proposed to other CT leaders a new multilateral partnership to safeguard the region s marine and coastal biological resources: the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF). This initial proposal set in motion a series of events that has advanced this effort quickly and decisively President Yudhoyono (Indonesia)

Coral Triangle Response Recognizing the need to safeguard the region s marine and coastal biological resources, Indonesian President Yudhoyono iniyated the formayon of the Coral Triangle IniYaYve on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI- CFF) in 2007. Since then, the CTI- CFF has established itself as a strong mulylateral partnership between the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor- Leste. This was solidified at the Leader s Summit in 2009, when the six countries agreed to a 10- year CTI Regional Plan of AcYon.

What is the CTI- CFF? The Coral Triangle IniYaYve on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI- CFF) is a mulylateral partnership of six countries formed in 2007 to address the urgent threats facing the coastal and marine resources. Currently, CTI- CFF is managed through a Interim Regional Secretariat based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

PERIODIC of CTI- CFF PROCESS A. 2006-2007 Ground Breaking Ini.a.ve Generate awareness of great potenyal resources of fisheries and marine resources in the Coral Triangle region Create awareness of great threat to those resources that could impacted several hundred million people directly and many more indirectly Start- up ideas to form coaliyon to ba_le the problem with internayonal support Accomplishment RecogniYon of the importance of the region for the humankind Acknowledgement of the need to form regional collaborayon between states Pledges of support from US and Australia, GEF, ADB, others Endorsement from the world leaders (APEC, etc)

B. 2008-2011 Laying out founda.on, strategy and approaches Establish common understanding Develop common goals Develop coordinayon and mechanism Establish Regional Secretariat Accomplishment Formal inaugurayon of a new regional cooperayon Regional plan of acyon TOR of Regional Secretariat Architecture for regional coordinayon mechanism Agreement on legal documents for establishment of the Regional Secretariat

Processes toward the SUMMIT President of Indonesia s Le_er to CBD (2006) and to CT6 Countries (2007) Acknowledged at APEC Leaders DeclaraYon (2007) 5 SOMs (Dec 2007- Nov 2009) 2 MMs and 1 Informal MM (2008-2009) CTI SUMMIT 2009

CTI- CFF Structures

CTI- CFF Plans of Ac.ons Regional Plan of AcYon NaYonal Plan of AcYon - Indonesia NaYonal Plan of AcYon Malaysia NaYonal Plan of AcYon Phils NaYonal Plan of AcYon PNG NaYonal Plan of AcYon Solomon Islands NaYonal Plan of AcYon Timor Leste

CTI- CFF Regional Plan of Ac.on (RPOA) The CTI RPOA has five goals to sustainably manage coastal and marine resources within the Coral Triangle region 1. Strengthen the management of seascapes 2. Apply an ecosystem approach to fisheries management 3. Develop and strengthen the management of marine protected areas 4. Implement climate change adaptayon measures 5. Protect threatened marine species

RPOA Priority goals and targets achieved (1) Through its coordinayon and support of the CTI Roadmap events and other CTI- CFF efforts, the Secretariat has helped achieve significant progress towards achieving priority RPOA targets which include the development of : The CTI- CFF Climate Change AdaptaYon Regional Early AcYon Plan (adopted by SOM7 it is the first RPOA target achieved); The CTI- CFF Climate Change AdaptaYon Local Early AcYon Plan (in tesyng phase to be launched in 2013);

RPOA Priority goals and targets achieved (2) The CT Marine Protected Area System Framework (finalized and proposed for endorsement at SOM8); The CT Management EffecYveness Protocol (in tesyng phase to be finalized in 2013); The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Framework (finalized and proposed for adopyon at SOM8); The CT Monitoring and EvaluaYon System (finalized and proposed for endorsement at SOM8); and The CT Business Council (endorsed at SOM7).

CTI- CFF Interim Regional Secretariat On November 26, 2012, the Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste officially signed an agreement to establish the CTI-CFF permanent Regional Secretariat at the 4 th CTI Ministerial Meeting held in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The Philippines and Papua New Guinea, are also expected to sign the agreement in the following months. The CTI is now moving forward with steps to establish the permanent regional secretariat, including developing funding mechanisms, staff recruitment, and the approval of the first CTI Regional Secretariat Operations plan and a CTI Regional Communications Plan

CTI CFF Tools and Resources

TOOLS AND RESOURCES Tools CTI- CFF virtual pla]orm and library Handout CT Atlas CTMPAS CCA Guide h_p://www.coraltriangleiniyayve.org/

Social Media http://www.facebook.com/cticff?fref=ts

Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System (CTMPAS) Goal: Region- wide Coral Triangle MPA System in place and fully funcyoning by 2020 Objec5ve: Comprehensive, ecologically representayve and well- managed region- wide system in place and fully funcyoning by 2020 Vision: A system of prioriyzed individual MPAs and networks of MPAs that are connected, resilient, and sustainably financed, and designed in ways that (i) generate significant income, livelihoods, and food security benefits for coastal communiyes; and (ii) conserve the region s rich biological diversity

EvoluYon of MPA Networks Single, small, habitat specific Reef Habitat MulYple, larger, linked habitats Integrated, ecosystem- based networks Mangrove Habitat Seagrass Crea.ng networks of MPAs

Criteria to be part of the CTMPAS Sites of excep,onal regional importance in terms of ecology, governance or socioeconomics, which are already effec,vely managed : Sites iden,fied as having high regional importance but that require further development to ensure that they fulfill their poten,al : Sites recognized as contribu,ng towards CTMPAS objec,ves at regional scales : Sites that contribute towards CTMPAS objec,ves at local scales

Region- wide Early AcYon Plan for Climate Change AdaptaYon Developed by the CCA Technical Working Group Adopted by CT6 IdenYfies local early acyons that can be taken by all Coral Triangle countries

Climate Change Adapta.on Guide for Coastal Communi.es in the Coral Triangle: Taking Local Early Ac5on STEP 1 Ge^ng Organized for Planning STEP 2 Telling Your Climate Story STEP 3 Conduc.ng a Vulnerability Assessment STEP 4 Developing Your Local Early Ac.on Plan

CTI- CFF ROADMAP AND CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES FOR 2013 Adopted 24 th November 2012 by the Governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste; Approved by the CTI- CFF Council of Ministers at the 4 th Ministerial Meeting on 26 th November 2012; Putrajaya Joint Ministerial Statement

CTI- CFF CALENDER ACTIVITIES 2012-2013 Date and Venue Ac.vity Objec.ves/Descrip.on/ Proponent 3-7 Dec 2012 Manila 16 17 January 2013 Bali, Indonesia 31 January - 1 February 2012 Bangkok, Thailand Local Government Network MeeYng To facilitate and enable local government engagement in the implementayon of the CTI RPOA and NPOAs Strengthen the networking among CT6 local government to support the implementayon of RPOA and NPOAs. Philippines (focal point) Partners MeeYng Consolidate and aligning partners support and facilitayon for RPOA and NPOAs ConYnue scoping for new partners for engagement USAID (iniyayor) LRFFT Intergovernmental Forum USAID and SEAFDEC (iniyator)

CTI- CFF CALENDER ACTIVITIES 2013 (cont d) Date and Venue Ac.vity Objec.ves/Descrip.on/ Proponent 18 19 February 2013 Manado, Indonesia 20 22 February 2013 Manado, Indonesia February 2013 Manila Philippines Seascape Working Group MeeYng Regional Priority Workshop Financial Resources Working Group Review and consolidate Seascape acyviyes and supporyng projects to ensuring that they are complementary and cost- effecyve, parycularly to their alignment RPOA and NPOAs Australia (proponent) PrioriYze and support the regional acyons USAID (proponent) To finalize and approve TOR for a feasibility study to develop a Regional Financial Architecture for effecyve funding mechanism in CTI- CFF To drai the implementayon plan of FR Architecture FRWG (proponent)

CTI- CFF CALENDER ACTIVITIES 2013 (cont d) Date and Venue Ac.vity Objec.ves/Descrip.on/ Proponent February, Manila Philippines 11-15 March 2013 Solomon Islands (TBD) M&E System Manual MeeYng Establish the MEWG and review status of the ad- hoc acyviyes To review the trial implementayon of M&E System Manual MEWG (focal point) 4 th MPA REX Finalize the CTMPAS Criteria Management effecyveness protocols 25 27 March 2013 Bali Indonesia 3 rd Regional Business Forum and 1 st CT Business Council MeeYng To celebrate and share examples of successful public- private partnerships in the Coral Triangle countries, with business to government to NGO networking To consider steps the CTI- CFF can take to forward the Blue Economy Establishment of CT Business Council and conducyng its 1st MeeYng Indonesia (Host)

CTI- CFF CALENDER ACTIVITIES 2013 (cont d) Date and Venue Ac.vity Objec.ves/Descrip.on/ Proponent April 2013 Bali, Indonesia REX 4 on EAFM Details to be confirmed 29 31 May 2013 Timor Leste 3 rd CCA Regional Exchange/TWG CCA To review and share the recent acyviyes in the CT6 countries related to CCA pracyces CCA WG& USCTI (proponent) 9 June 2013 All countries (CT6) Coral Triangle Day CelebraYon of Coral Triangle Day CT6 Government and Partners (implementers) Each country is encouraged to celebrate within that week. AcYviYes may include beach clean- up, beach party etc. August 2013 Seascape TWG Progress of Seascapes work plan, sustainable model for seascape, seascapes assessment Seascape WG (proponent)

CTI- CFF CALENDER ACTIVITIES 2013 (cont d) Date and Venue Ac.vity Objec.ves/Descrip.on/ Proponent TBD SOM 9 th Incorporates CTMPAS M&E protocol for the region, CTMPAS Framework Launching October 1st or 2nd week CTI CFF Leaders Summit In conjuncyon with the APEC (pending agreement with APEC organizing commi_ee)

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