WWF Partners With Anova On Sustainable Seafood In The Coral Triangle

WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2009 – Today, the ANOVA Food Group alliance of companies joined other business leaders and NGOs participating in the Coral Triangle Business Summit to illustrate the benefits of seafood sustainability efforts and expand business partnerships across the region. ANOVA has been partnering with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for the past two years on a joint venture called the Fishing and Living Program™ that includes efforts to reduce bycatch and achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for the tuna, snapper and grouper fisheries in Indonesia.

“Business partnerships like the Fishing and Living Program with ANOVA, are setting benchmarks for the industry and promoting the need for not only sustainable fisheries but, the socioeconomic welfare of the fishers, their families and the fishing community,” said Kate Newman, managing director of WWF’s Coral Triangle program. “The Coral Triangle Business Summit is an attempt to expand these types of efforts and illustrate the many benefits they have for this critical marine environment and the people who depend on it for their livelihoods.”

Release: Private sector outlines plan to protect Coral Triangle.

Seafood, travel and tourism operators in the Coral Triangle today drafted a set of industry statements outlining a shared intention to reduce the impact of their businesses on the world´s most important marine region.

More than 160 delegates gathered this week in the Philippine capital Manila for the Coral Triangle Business Summit to reach agreements on how their industries could contribute to the protection of the Coral Triangle and the 120 million livelihoods that depend on its marine resources.

Coral Triangle Business Summit opens this week.

Manila, Philippines Business and policy leaders from across Asia and the Pacific are gathering in Manila this week to identify opportunities for more sustainable growth in the world´s most diverse marine environment.

The Coral Triangle Business Summit opens on Tuesday, January 19 and will attract representatives from more than 100 businesses as well as non-government and international development organizations.

Thousands of marine turtles saved from tuna hooks in the Coral Triangle

Thousands of endangered marine turtles have been saved over the past year in the region known as the Coral Triangle due to a new program aimed at reducing bycatch in longline tuna fisheries, according to a review released by WWF today.

The program to introduce circle hooks in longline fleets and train fishermen in sea turtle recovery methods has reduced the number of sea turtles caught by up to 80%, translating into thousands of individual turtles saved from almost certain mortality, according to a review of the 2009 program. The new circle hooks are much less likely to be swallowed by turtles than traditional J-shaped hooks, which cause suffocation or internal bleeding when swallowed. Circle hooks are also easier to unhook from a snagged animal.

Avoiding business as usual in the Coral Triangle

This week´s Coral Triangle Business Summit will see leaders from seafood, marketing, tourism, and travel industries engaging with representatives of the finance sector and government policy makers to forge new partnerships in the planet´s most important marine environment.

The summit comes at a time when there has never been more at stake for coastal communities and environments in the Coral Triangle a region covering the marine areas of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.

New opportunities for green tourism in the Coral Triangle: Report

Tourism businesses in the region known as the Coral Triangle must implement best practice environmental management to take advantage of growing green business opportunities, according to a new report by WWF.

The report comes ahead of a major international business summit this week hosted by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo aimed at establishing new partnerships between the private sector, policy makers and organizations interested in sustainable growth.

Copenhagen Oceans Day highlights need for business support in Coral Triangle

Businesses in the Coral Triangle must support national strategies to protect underwater environments or risk losing the precious marine resources that underpin the region’s economies, WWF said today at the close of Oceans Day at Copenhagen.

Oceans Day provided an opportunity for Parties and Observer States, as well as non-government organisations and the general public, to address the implications of the emerging Copenhagen agreement for oceans, coasts, and coastal communities around the globe.

Indonesia fights against illegal fishing in the Coral Triangle

Indonesian ports will soon be closed to pirate fishing vessels after the nation signed the world’s first legally-binding international treaty to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Indonesia, along with 10 other members of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed the treaty immediately following its approval by the FAO governing conference in Rome last week.

Coral Triangle summit to focus on business opportunities, environment protection

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia– Business and policy leaders will get together in Manila next year to debate how to protect the Coral Triangle, the world’s most diverse marine environment.

The summit, organized by the Philippine Government and WWF will be held on January 18 to 21, 2010 and outline business opportunities for key sectors operating in the region encompassing Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. It will also provide a platform for financial support and investment for businesses willing to commit to sustainability and green growth.

WWF tops list of NGOs that are best for business support- survey

WWF tops list of NGOs that are best for business support Survey finds top CSR managers are planning to increase links with environmental NGOs

Tom Young, BusinessGreen, 19 Nov 2009 WWF and Forum For The Future lead the growing numbers of NGOs advising top UK firms on environmental issues, according to a new report from industry analyst Verdantix.

The Coral Triangle - Nursery of the Seas

In a vast, turquoise-blue corner of this Earth, the forces of nature have crafted a truly amazing underwater tapestry of corals. This is the Coral Triangle - 'nursery of the seas'.

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Putting new economic growth on a sustainable path requires courage, innovation, partnerships and, not the least, access to credit, finance and investment. This summit provides a way forward to meet this goal in the Coral Triangle.

The Coral Triangle Business Summit will outline business opportunities for sectors that rely on marine resources and provide a platform for financial support for businesses willing to commit to sustainability and green growth.

There will also be opportunities for financial institutions and investors to explore emerging investment opportunities, and to network and forge partnerships with companies that are dependent on the Coral Triangle's natural resources.