PH ends chairmanship of 6-nation Coral Triangle Initiative 17 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellalyn de Vera RuizThe Philippines is ending its two-year chairmanship of the Coral Triangle Initiative, which is led by six nations encompassing the “world’s center of marine biodiversity,” with a call to scale up efforts to address poverty and food security. “Moving forward, we must shift our focus on actions that can really deliver a higher level of outcomes, such as poverty reduction and improved food security,” Undersecretary Jonas Leones of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said in his opening remarks during the 14th Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) Senior Officials Meeting in Makati City. The six countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and the Philippines, collectively known as Coral Triangle 6 or CT6. Leones, chair of the CTI-CFF Committee of Senior Officials, said the chairmanship of the Philippines for the past two years was not easy because it has been challenged with a number of difficulties.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 13, 2018 06:11 UTC