The Coral Triangle Initiative Business Summit"New Partnerships for Sustainable Growth in the Coral Triangle"

January 19 - 20, 2010 • Manila | Shangri-la Makati, Philippines

At the Coral Triangle Initiative Business Summit, a myriad of opportunities await sectors that rely on marine resources. Come and discover sustainable business solutions and explore financial opportunities for profitable “green” investments that help conserve this fragile, resource-rich region.

Conference Overview

Day 1: January 19, 2010

Registration

Opening Ceremonies

Opening Remarks: Summit Chair

Keynote Statement: H.E. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Plenary and Panel Sessions

Session 1: The Coral Triangle and the Desire for a Sustainable World: Issues, Risks, and Solutions

Session 2: The Potential Rewards of Green Investment in a Climate of Economic Challenges and Recovery

Session 3: Incentives for Green and Sustainable Investment

Session 4: Partnering with Empowered Communities towards Sustainability

Day 2: January 20, 2010

Discussion Groups on the Following Sectors:

Group 1: Fisheries

Group 2: Aquaculture

Group 3: Travel & Tourism

Group 4: Energy

Networking and Discussions on Commitments or Partnerships

Closing Ceremonies

Register now at www.ctibusinesssummit.net

The Coral Triangle region is the most important and diverse marine region in the world. This ‘nursery of the seas’ supports millions of businesses and livelihoods across Asia and worldwide.

With the Government of the Philippines and partners, WWF proposes an inspirational international business event for the Coral Triangle. The Summit will make the case for sustainability as the future of economic health and profit by convening business change-makers, key marine resource industry sectors, the communications sector and the investment community to come together in partnership to catalyze a “green” revolution.

Benefits for your Business

The summit offers businesses the opportunity to strike partnerships that will open markets, drive innovation and attract sustainable investment. By bringing together sectors that rely on a healthy marine environment and resources (tuna, live reef fish, travel and tourism) in the Coral Triangle, as well as influencing sectors such as public/media relations and investment, the event enables businesses with a significant impact on the Coral Triangle’s social, economic and environment systems to play a crucial role in shaping the region’s future.

Why a Coral Triangle Business Summit?

Our goal is to stimulate investment in public-private partnerships that secure the sustainability and profitability of key sectors dependent on healthy marine resources in the Coral Triangle. The following objectives will help us to achieve this:

1. Inspire key marine resource-based sectors (tuna, live reef fish, travel and tourism) operating in the Coral Triangle to conquer business threats (environmental, social and economic) through accessing “green” investment that supports partnerships for profitable and sustainable business in the Coral Triangle

2. Catalyze recession-beating collaboration between Coral Triangle governments, NGOs, international institutions and the private sector that fosters public-public private partnerships and drive sustainable investment, and “green” and clean growth

3. Define sectoral roles and goals in shaping the sustainability of the Coral Triangle over the next 5-10 years, and secure time-bound commitments from key sectors to deliver sustainable development

Philippine Departmentof Natural Resources

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Philippine Departmentof Agriculture

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The Coral TriangleNursery of the Seas

The Coral Triangle Initiative, Paving the Wayfor “Green” BusinessBusinesses in the Coral Triangle that are ready for a “green” shift can reap the benefits of new market opportunities, while aligning themselves with the priorities of the Coral Triangle Initiative. Formalized in Manado (Indonesia) in May 2009 by the six heads of state of the Coral Triangle countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and

No other place on Earth is as rich and varied in marine life as the Coral Triangle. Spanning Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste, this extraordinary expanse of ocean covers some 5.7 million km2.

The Coral Triangle is brimming with life, but it is also straining to support one of the highest human population densities in the world, while providing food and income to about half a billion people. In the Philippines and Indonesia alone, coral reefs provide annual economic benefits estimated at US$1.6 billion

and US$1.1 billion per year, respectively.Today, much of the region’s commercial fish stocks have been fully exploited or even fished beyond their biological limits. The destruction of marine resources is exacerbated by a lethal cocktail of extreme dependence of coastal economies, population growth and poverty. Clearly, this trajectory is not sustainable, neither for businesses operating in the region nor for the ecosystems that make the Coral Triangle such a productive region. This has to change.

• 75% of all coral species known to science

• More than 3,000 species of reef fish and commercially-valuable pelagic, or open-ocean species including yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna, bigeye tuna, bumphead parrotfish, needlefish, Napoleon wrasse and barracuda

• Six of the seven species of marine turtles

• US$12 billion nature-based tourism industry (yearly)

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Timor-Leste—the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security is a commitment to a set of conservation and development targets across the region. Delivering on this plan requires, in large part, meaningful engagement from the private sector, which has a substantial role in overcoming the threats facing the Coral Triangle.

In January 2010, the Coral Triangle Business Summit opens the door for this engagement to happen.

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Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) region represented by CT6 country Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs)

Zone of 500 or more confirmed coral species

Coral Triangle Region

EEZs for some countries are in dispute. The combined EEZ area for the CT6 shown does not reflect any viewpoint or opinion on the disputes.

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© 1986 Panda symbol WWF-World Wide Fund for Nature (Formerly World Wildlife Fund) ® “WWF” & “living planet” are Registered Trademarks

WWF has been pioneering conservation in the Coral Triangle for more than two decades, collaborating with partners in the private sector, governmental agencies and civil society. By providing technical expertise and funding, and promoting innovative public-private partnerships, WWF is committed to ensure that the Coral Triangle Initiative catalyzes measurable changes.

Through the WWF Coral Triangle Programme, we are working to safeguard the health of the region’s natural treasures and to secure the millions of livelihoods that depend upon them by:

• Building a sustainable live reef fish trade• Promoting sustainable tuna fisheries• Financing marine protected areas• Protecting marine turtles and reducing their bycatch• Reducing the impacts of climate change

Event registration & sponsorship

Meinard TevesCTI Business Summit Secretariat+63 2 893 5642 Local 107mteves@eon.com.ph

Vikki LutaCTI Business Summit Secretariat+63 2 893 5642 Local 117vikki@eon.com.ph

Media & Press

Charles Stevens+61 424 649 689Skype: cbb_stevenscstevens@wwf.org.au

WWF Coral Triangle Programme

Dr Lida Pet Soede+62 812 3818742lpet@wallacea.wwf.or.id

Paolo Mangahas+63 929 3600 121pmangahas@wwf.org.my

For more Information

www.ctibusinesssummit.netwww.panda.org/coraltriangle

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