Table 1. MPAs in Bird’s Head Seascape Name of MPA District Management Body Legislation Area (Ha) Kaimana Local Government of Kaimana Perbup No. 4/ 2012 514.285 Pulau Venu Kaimana Ministry of Environment and Forestry SK Menteri Kehutanan Nomor 783/Menhut-II/2014 14 Teluk Bintuni Teluk Bintuni Ministry of Environment and Forestry SK. Menteri Kehutanan Nomor 891/Kpts-II/1999 124.851 Sabuda Tuturuga Fak-Fak Ministry of Environment and Forestry SK. Menteri Kehutanan No. 82/Kpts-II/1993 5.000 Raja Ampat Raja Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Kepmen KP No. 64/Men/2009 60.000 Waigeo Sebelah Barat Raja Ampat Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Kepmen KP No. 65/Men/2009 271.630 Raja Raja Ampat Local Government of Raja Ampat Perbup No. 5/2009 1.125.940 Jeen Womom Tambraw Local Government of Tambraw Kepmen KP No. 32.250 Teluk Cendrawasih Teluk Wondama & Nabire Ministry of Environment and Forestry SK Menteri Kehutanan No. 8009/Kpts-II/2002 1.453.500 Kepulauan Padaido Biak Numfor Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Kepmen KP 68/Men/2009 183.000
7 The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG), Papua New Guinea Manado, 8 August 2017 The framework of University Partnership 8 Solomon Islands of University (SINU), Solomon Islands No Information Marine and coastal resource management including seascape management. 9 Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL) Timor-Leste Dili, 5-7 December 2016 Manado, 8 August 2017 Coastal community development Sustainable management of marine and coastal resources 10 Univercidade Oriental de Timor-Leste (UNITAL) 13 March 2017 Research, capacity building, marine and coastal sustainable management 11 James Cook University (JCU), Australia Canberra, 6-11 November 2017 Nature research management, marine debris 12 University of Queensland (UQ), Australia Queensland, 16 September 2016 and Jakarta, 14 November 2016 Research and innovation 13 Universiti Malaysia Sabah Borneo Marine Research (UMS), Malaysia Manado, 7-8 August 2017 Capacity building 14 University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), Philippines. Manado, around 28 February-1 March 2017 Capacity building, research and outreach 15 University of Maryland School of Public Policy Manado, 10 January 2017 Reef and fishery management and conservation 16 Australian Consortium for Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) Jakarta, 11 January 2017 Learning, living and studying experiences in Indonesia 17 Program for the Environmental Management of the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) Manila, 20 January 2017 Cooperation Source: Decision Document on CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat’s Cooperation Arrangement at the 13th CTI-CFF SENIOR OFFICIALS’ MEETING (SOM-13), 29 – 30 November 2017, Manila, Philippines and 2017 Activities Report of CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat, Manado, November 2017, both adapted. 6. Global/Regional Benefits of BSSE Priority Seascapes should have and contribute to the regional and/or global benefit of the CTI. BSSE provides ecological and biological benefits, especially as it becomes the centre of biodiversity and endemism. The global significance and value of the biodiversity of the BSSE is undisputed. Over recent years, areas within the BSSE have been identified as being unique and amongst the world's most rich marine environments, ranking it as a global priority for marine conservation.