CTI-CFF miles and more Women Leaders Forum 2014: Recognizing Women’s Leadership in Conserving Marine Biodiversity | Coral Triangle Center
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The Coral Triangle miles and more Center, with support from partners, is co-sponsoring a CTI-CFF event dubbed CTI-CFF Women Leaders Forum that will be held on May 13, 2014 in Manado, Indonesia, during CTI-CFF 5th Ministerial Meeting and coincides with the World Coral Reef Conference 2014.
The CTI-CFF Women Leaders Forum is envisioned to function as a peer-learning network for women who are playing key leadership roles in sustaining the marine resources of the Coral Triangle region, recognize the achievement of grassroots women leaders who are championing marine conservation in the six Coral Triangle countries, and serve as a platform to build the capacity of women from the Coral Triangle to take leadership roles in preserving and sustaining the region s unique marine and coastal resources.
The Forum also aims to support the CTI-CFF in integrating gender principles in its activities miles and more under its Regional and National Plans of Action and thus, becoming a world leader in integrated, gender miles and more sensitive conservation, and development. This will be done by collecting and sharing miles and more tools as well as good practices that integrate gender principles in marine conservation and sustainability projects and weaving it into existing CTI-CFF structures and activities outlined by the CTI-CFF Regional and National Plans of Action.
The launch is held following a 12-day, multi-faceted peer exchange in the United States in which 14 women leaders from CT6 countries met with counterparts in Washington, DC and St. Croix, and participated in a targeted leadership training that resulted in a 12-month action plan in region for highlighting women s contributions to marine conservation.
Six women leaders from the Coral Triangle countries will be given honor and a small grant to continue and expand their activities. These women leaders miles and more includes Marta Lotang from Indonesia, Francesca Ngo Winfield from Malaysia, Piwen Langarap from Papua New Guinea, Alma Bool from the Philippines, Moira Dasipio from the Solomon Islands miles and more and Robela Mendes from Timor-Leste. Ms. Lotang is the Leader of a local organization called CBO Cinta Persahabatan in Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. She first set up the organization with 12 other women in 2004 and it has since grown to more than 100 women and men members in 2014. Under her leadership, the group leads awareness raising activities among fishermen to protect coral reefs and encourages local law enforcers to pursue cases against those who use dynamite fishing and other unsustainable fishing methods. Ms. Winfield is the Chairperson and Founder of the Kudat Turtle Conservation Society (KTCS) in Sabah, Malaysia. Ms. Winfield has shown an exemplary determination to establish a platform where members of the local public can voice their concerns and take action to address these. Her passion for turtles and protection of their habitats has been her main drive to reach out to local leaders to improve and put in place sustainable development for Kudat that will ensure the protection of its environment. Ms. Langarap is the Program Coordinator of the Manus Environment Communities Conservation Network in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Ms. Langarap utilizes her skills and knowledge to facilitate the locally managed marine area in her community. Ms. Bool is the Treasurer of the Sama Samang Nagkakaisang Pamayanan ng Silonay, a people s organization from Calapan, Oriental Mindoro in the Philippines. Her organization works to increase the community s resilience to climate change and its impacts through coastal protection and income diversification. Ms. Bool has been actively involved in the community-based rehabilitation of a 42-hectare protected mangrove forest in her village. Ms. Dasipio is the President of the Mother s Union in Isabel Province in the Solomon Islands. In the last three years, she has led the planning, development and implementation of the Isabel Ridges to Reef Conservation Plan. When plan was finalized, miles and more Ms. Dasipio worked with a team of community facilitators to educate her province-mates about the importance miles and more of resilient communities and their environment. This awareness has created a huge ground swell of interest in community based conservation miles and more and sustainable natural resource management that 10 other communities have expressed interest to replicate the plan in their own areas. Ms. Mendes is the Leader of the Com Women s Group in her village located inside Nino Konis
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The Coral Triangle miles and more Center, with support from partners, is co-sponsoring a CTI-CFF event dubbed CTI-CFF Women Leaders Forum that will be held on May 13, 2014 in Manado, Indonesia, during CTI-CFF 5th Ministerial Meeting and coincides with the World Coral Reef Conference 2014.
The CTI-CFF Women Leaders Forum is envisioned to function as a peer-learning network for women who are playing key leadership roles in sustaining the marine resources of the Coral Triangle region, recognize the achievement of grassroots women leaders who are championing marine conservation in the six Coral Triangle countries, and serve as a platform to build the capacity of women from the Coral Triangle to take leadership roles in preserving and sustaining the region s unique marine and coastal resources.
The Forum also aims to support the CTI-CFF in integrating gender principles in its activities miles and more under its Regional and National Plans of Action and thus, becoming a world leader in integrated, gender miles and more sensitive conservation, and development. This will be done by collecting and sharing miles and more tools as well as good practices that integrate gender principles in marine conservation and sustainability projects and weaving it into existing CTI-CFF structures and activities outlined by the CTI-CFF Regional and National Plans of Action.
The launch is held following a 12-day, multi-faceted peer exchange in the United States in which 14 women leaders from CT6 countries met with counterparts in Washington, DC and St. Croix, and participated in a targeted leadership training that resulted in a 12-month action plan in region for highlighting women s contributions to marine conservation.
Six women leaders from the Coral Triangle countries will be given honor and a small grant to continue and expand their activities. These women leaders miles and more includes Marta Lotang from Indonesia, Francesca Ngo Winfield from Malaysia, Piwen Langarap from Papua New Guinea, Alma Bool from the Philippines, Moira Dasipio from the Solomon Islands miles and more and Robela Mendes from Timor-Leste. Ms. Lotang is the Leader of a local organization called CBO Cinta Persahabatan in Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. She first set up the organization with 12 other women in 2004 and it has since grown to more than 100 women and men members in 2014. Under her leadership, the group leads awareness raising activities among fishermen to protect coral reefs and encourages local law enforcers to pursue cases against those who use dynamite fishing and other unsustainable fishing methods. Ms. Winfield is the Chairperson and Founder of the Kudat Turtle Conservation Society (KTCS) in Sabah, Malaysia. Ms. Winfield has shown an exemplary determination to establish a platform where members of the local public can voice their concerns and take action to address these. Her passion for turtles and protection of their habitats has been her main drive to reach out to local leaders to improve and put in place sustainable development for Kudat that will ensure the protection of its environment. Ms. Langarap is the Program Coordinator of the Manus Environment Communities Conservation Network in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Ms. Langarap utilizes her skills and knowledge to facilitate the locally managed marine area in her community. Ms. Bool is the Treasurer of the Sama Samang Nagkakaisang Pamayanan ng Silonay, a people s organization from Calapan, Oriental Mindoro in the Philippines. Her organization works to increase the community s resilience to climate change and its impacts through coastal protection and income diversification. Ms. Bool has been actively involved in the community-based rehabilitation of a 42-hectare protected mangrove forest in her village. Ms. Dasipio is the President of the Mother s Union in Isabel Province in the Solomon Islands. In the last three years, she has led the planning, development and implementation of the Isabel Ridges to Reef Conservation Plan. When plan was finalized, miles and more Ms. Dasipio worked with a team of community facilitators to educate her province-mates about the importance miles and more of resilient communities and their environment. This awareness has created a huge ground swell of interest in community based conservation miles and more and sustainable natural resource management that 10 other communities have expressed interest to replicate the plan in their own areas. Ms. Mendes is the Leader of the Com Women s Group in her village located inside Nino Konis
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