“Marine Conservation Technology Development Model” – Global Ocean Innovation Challenge

In collaboration with TNC, YKAN hosted the inaugural Global Ocean Innovation Challenge Workshop on 27 to 29 October 2025 in Bali. This forum brought together participants from government agencies, NGOs, startups, coastal communities, and private-sector partners to develop technological solutions for effective marine protected area management and sustainable fisheries.

Firdaus Agung, Director of Ecosystem Conservation at the Directorate General of Marine Management (KKP), expressed his support for the GOIC, emphasizing that innovations from this initiative could bridge the gap between policy and on-the-ground implementation.

“The Global Ocean Innovation Challenge demonstrates how technology can strengthen the effectiveness of marine protected area management, in line with the 30x45 vision. This is an important step towards achieving the target of protecting 97.5 million hectares of marine areas by 2045,” he explained.

Amehr Hakim, Director of Marine Spatial Planning at the Directorate General of Marine Spatial Planning (KKP), emphasized that GOIC's collaboration and alignment are centered on Indonesia's continuous ocean monitoring system program, which will bolster the nation's capacity to monitor marine ecosystem conditions.

This initiative brings hope for the future of our oceans. The Global Ocean Innovation Challenge is accelerating scalability in conservation solutions to address the key challenges of marine protected area management. These challenges include overfishing, lack of management data, habitat degradation, and declining coastal resilience. The integration of technology is expected to close data gaps, boost monitoring capacity, and improve law enforcement in the field, particularly within conservation areas and small-scale fisheries sectors.