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Geographic Priorities for Marine Biodiversity Conservation in Indonesia GEOGRAPHIC PRIORITIES FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN INDONESIA GEOGRAPHIC PRIORITIES FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN INDONESIA This publication was prepared by funding from the United States Agency for International Development’s Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP) (July 2012) This publication was produced by CTSP for USAID under GCP LWA Award # LAG-A-00-99-00048-00 GEOGRAPHIC PRIORITIES FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN INDONESIA July 2012 USAID Project Number GCP LWA # LAG-A-00-99-00048-00 Edited by: Christine L. Huffard Mark V. Erdmann Tiene R.P. Gunawan For more information on the six-nation Coral Triangle Initiative, please contact: Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security Interim Regional Secretariat Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia Mina Bahari Building II, 17th Floor Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur No 16 Jakarta Pusat 10110 Indonesia www.thecoraltriangleintitiave.org This is a publication of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI- CFF). Funding for the preparation of this document was provided by the USAID-funded Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP). CTSP is a consortium led by the World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and Conservation International with funding support from the United States Agency for International Development’s Regional Asia Program. © 2012 Coral Triangle Support Partnership. All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this report for educational or other non-commercial purposes are authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of material in this information product for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited wihout written permission of the copyright holders. Disclaimer: This document is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development. The contents are the responsibility of the Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. GEOGRAPHIC PRIORITIES FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN INDONESIA Editors: C. L. Huffard1, M.V Erdmann1, and T. Gunawan1 Based on Data Inputs from: G. Allen2, P. Barber3, S. Campbell4, L. DeVantier5, M.V Erdmann1, M. Halim6, C. Hitipeuw7, Guswindia8, B. Hoeksema9, M. Hutomo10, B. Kahn11, M.K. Moosa12, Y. Noor13, K.S. Putra1, J. Randall14, R. Salm15, Suharsono12, E. Turak16, C. Veron17, C. Wallace18 AFFILIATIONS: 1Conservation International Indonesia Marine Program, Bali, Indonesia; 2 Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA, Australia; 3 Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, USA; 4 Wildlife Conservation Society- Indonesia Program, Bogor, Indonesia; 520 Val Crescent, Noosaville, Queensland, Australia; 6 WWF- Coral Triangle Network Initiative, Jakarta, Indonesia; 7 WWF-Indonesia Marine Program, Jakarta, Indonesia; 8 Universitas Udayana, Bali, Indonesia; 9 National Museum of Natural History – Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands; 10 Pusat Penelitian Sumberdaya Manusia dan Lingkungan – Program Studi Ilmu Lingkungan, Program Pasca Sarjana, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta Indonesia; 11 APEX Environmental, Cairns, Australia; 12Indonesian Institute of Sciences Research Center for Oceanography, Jakarta, Indonesia ; 13 Wetlands International – Indonesia Programme, Bogor, Indonesia; 14 Bishop Museum, Hawaii, USA; 15 The Nature Conservancy, Hawaii, USA; 161 Rue Francois Villon, 95000, Cergy, France; 17 Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, Townsville, Australia; 18Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville, Australia NOTE: The data utilized in the analyses within this report were provided by the biodiversity experts surveyed herein and represent literally centuries’ worth of personal research efforts on behalf of these experts. Much of these data are not yet formally published. The editors of this report therefore kindly request that anyone wishing to use these data in further publications please contact the experts to which the data are attributed to request their permission to do so. Suggested Citation: Huffard, C.L., M.V. Erdmann, T.R.P. Gunawan (Eds) (2012). Geographic Priorities for Marine Biodiversity Conservation in Indonesia. Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and Marine Protected Areas Governance Program. Jakarta- Indonesia. 105 pp. ISBN: 978-602-98450-6-8 This book is made possible partly by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through CTSP and MPAG programs. The contents are the responsibility of Coral Triangle Support Partnership (CTSP) and Marine Protected Areas Governance (MPAG) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government, and the Government of Republic of Indonesia. Lay out : Pasus Legowo Cover’s photo : Wayag, Raja Ampat © Handoko Adi Susanto Table of Contents FOREWORD DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MARINE, COASTS AND SMALL ISLANDS, MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS AND FISHERIES..................................................................................v FOREWORD DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT OFFICE, UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) INDONESIA .............................................................. vi FOREWORD DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION FOR AREA AND FISH SPECIES, MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS AND FISHERIES............................................................................... vii PREFACE FROM EDITOR ............................................................................................................................ ix ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................................................................ x EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. xii 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 Background .................................................................................................................................................... Need for Prioritization Exercise............................................................................................................ 3 Objectives of Prioritization..................................................................................................................... 6 2. QUESTIONNAIRE AND PRIORITIZATION ..................................................................................... 7 Workshop Process .................................................................................................................................... 7 Prioritization Questionnaire ................................................................................................................... 7 Selection of Experts for Prioritization Exercise ................................................................................. 9 Questionnaire Responses ........................................................................................................................ 9 Prioritization Workshop Process........................................................................................................ 10 3. DATA INPUTS FROM QUESTIONNAIRES ...................................................................................... 11 Archipelago-Wide Patterns of Species Richness and Endemism .................................................. 11 4. ADDITIONAL DATA INPUTS FOR EACH ECOREGION ........................................................... 35 1. Papua................................................................................................................................................... 35 2. Banda Sea ........................................................................................................................................... 39 3. Lesser Sundas.................................................................................................................................... 41 4. Sulawesi Sea/ Makassar Strait ........................................................................................................ 44 5. Halmahera ......................................................................................................................................... 47 6. Palawan/ North Borneo ................................................................................................................. 49 7. Western Sumatera ........................................................................................................................... 51 iii 8. Northeast Sulawesi/Tomini Bay .................................................................................................... 53 9. Sunda Shelf/Java Sea ......................................................................................................................... 53 10. Arafura Sea ........................................................................................................................................ 55 11. Soutern Java ....................................................................................................................................... 60 12. Malacca Strait ....................................................................................................................................
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