The USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (USAID SEA) Project is a five-year project (2016-2021) that supports the Government of Indonesia to improve the governance of fisheries and marine resources and to conserve biological diversity. Implemented by Tetra Tech and a consortium of partners, the USAID SEA project is targeted at national, provincial, and local levels, with a focus on the Provinces of West Papua, Maluku, and North Maluku that lie within Indonesia’s Fishery Management Area (FMA) 715.
Stories from the field
From Zero to Hero: a Sea Warrior from JuangaAmir Mukadar sat in the corner of Juanga Village Office. People greeted him with big smiles and jokes in the Maluku way. A leader of a POKMASWAS (Community-based Surveillance Group) since 2014, Amir is always enthusiastic at marine conservation awareness meetings. …more detail
Report and Data
Policy Brief: Designing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and MPA Networks to Benefit People and Nature in IndonesiaOver the last two years, USAID SEA and MMAF developed documents to provide advice for managers and field practitioners regarding how to design MPAs and MPA Networks to benefit both people and nature in Indonesia. ….more detail
Newsletter
Talking SEA: Safeguarding Our SeasIn this 5th issue of Talking SEA, we focus on how to support improved compliance for improved marine stewardship. When we talk about managing marine resources, we are really referring to managing what people do in the marine realm. Thus, coastal law enforcement and …more detail
SEA Monthly Update
SEA News Brief March 2020“I am a Young Sea Warrior: What young people can do to support Marine Conservation Areas in North Maluku!” This is the theme of a special lecture organized by USAID SEA through implementing partner Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on 12 February in Khairun University (UNKHAIR), Ternate, North Maluku. The lecture aimed to increase young people’s knowledge of the importance of …more detail
Event News
Reef Health Monitoring in Banda Islands reveals a healthy reef-fish ecosystemThe Banda Islands in Maluku Tengah District, located in a remote oceanic archipelago situated in the Banda Sea, Eastern Indonesia. The islands comprise of 11 small islands and one atoll, of which only seven islands are inhabited. The Government of Maluku Province issued …more detail
Event News
National Symposium on Marine Spatial Planning Implementation for IndonesiaThe five-day National Symposium on Marine Spatial Planning Implementation for Indonesia jointly organized by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Indonesia, USAID SEA Project and NOAA started today. It aims to accelerate the Marine …more detail