Achievements

Major achievements in Indonesian marine conservation include:

• In 1993 Cendrawasih Bay became a national marine park based on WWF work in the bay.
• In 1999 official regulation for banning exploitation of sea turtles was endorsed and further strengthened by governor legislation for all of Bali that forbids any harvest and slaughtering of sea turtles. WWF with partners were instrumental in establishing this legislation through effective policy lobby.
• In 2001 WWF became Indonesian coordinator of ReefCheck Program and since then more than 900 volunteers were trained in 21 locations throughout Indonesia to conduct regular reef monitoring activities.
• Also in 2001 a private sector network Friends of the Reef was established in Bali that facilitates application of best practices in marine tourism and provides a forum for conservation discussions based on WWF work in West Bali National Park.
• In 2002 the Ministries of Fisheries and Marine Affairs and of Forestry and Conservation adopted the approach of collaborative management for marine and coastal resource management based on WWF work with partnering NGOs and other natural resource management projects.
• In 2003 the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs agreed to host and fund the Indonesian secretariat for SSME conservation and management based on WWF work with WWF Malaysia and WWF Philippines.

Since July 2003, considering newly emerging developments in marine resource exploitation and after reviewing the status and attributes of a large number of important marine ecosystems and sites, the newly designed Marine Target Driven Program of WWF-Indonesia identified its contributions to the WWF global targets that are relevant for Indonesia.