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adaptation projects in the Pacific

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ACCLIMAT: Agroforestry for climate change resilience and food self-sufficiency

Advancing NbS with youth and vulnerable groups in Niue

ARU KOMO, preservation of the water resource on the Anaa atoll

French Polynesia

BLOSSOM — Biodiversity and Landscape restoration for Oceanic islands using Sustainable Strategies and innOvative Methodologies

Building coastal resilience / Dune ecosystem in Fiji

cFISH: Scaling Community-based Fisheries Management through Information, Learning and Action

French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Regional project

EMPOWER: Engaging mobilisation for positive outcome in water, ecosystem, and resilience

Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu

Regional project

Empowering community resilience through reforestation and coral reef restoration in Vanuatu

Empowering youth in biodiversity management and conservation in Tonga

Enhancing coastal protection / Nature-based seawalls in Fiji

From Climate Strain to Women’s Strength; Natural Dyes as a Pathway to Boost Biodiversity and Women’s Economic Empowerment

HÙN MÔÔ’M KAHOK, Human’s behavior

Improving livelihoods and food security / Invasive species management in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

Improving livelihoods through biodiversity conservation and sustainable climate systems

Papua New Guinea

Improving the management and restoration of O Le Pupu Pue National Park in Samoa

INSPIRE: Invasive species management for resilient ecosystems

Fiji, French Polynesia, Palau, Samoa

Regional project

Kup reforestation

Papua New Guinea

MiCOAST: Micronesian community-based fisheries management as a nature-based solution for coastal resilience

Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau

Regional project

Nature-based community fisheries management for climate resilience and biodiversity restoration in Guadalcanal province

Solomon Islands

PAA HONU : Action Programme for the Improvement of Natural and Unique Open Habitats on the Island of Moorea

French Polynesia

Pacific CIRCLE: Pacific Community Inclusion for Resilient Climate and Ecosystems

Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu

Regional project

PEBACC +: Scaling-up ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change in the Pacific Islands

Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Regional project

PERENNE, Protection and restoration of riparian zones of the Nera

PIGS – Preserving biodiversity, food security and community involvement through feral pig management in Wallis & Futuna

Wallis and Futuna

POLFN: An organic learning farm network to build the climate resilience of smallholder producers in the Pacific

Fiji, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga

Regional project

Preservation of Native Plants Habitat

Papua New Guinea

PRESERVE - Pacific Resilience through Secure livelihoods, Ecosystem and Resource management, Valued culture and Equity

Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor Leste

Regional project

PROTECT UA HUKA, Development of the Ua Huka biodiversity protection program

French Polynesia

REFUGE: Restoring ecosystems for flora, traditional uses, and water management in New Caledonia

REPLANT’NC: Creating a platform for inventorying and promoting revegetation operations in New Caledonia to optimize collective efforts

RESICO: Biodiversity conservation to strengthen the resilience of rural communities

New Caledonia, Vanuatu

Regional project

Resilient Babeldaob, Palau: Integrating Nature-Based Solutions for Watershed and Community Strength

Restoration of Mangroves in New Caledonia

RESTORE: Restoring ecosystems for sustainable, transformative, and resilient communities

Fiji, Samoa, Timor Leste

Regional project

Restoring mangroves for livelihoods in Fiji

Restoring sea cucumbers wild stock and improving women fisheries in Palau

Revitalizing forest and seascapes: an agroforestry and fishing community network for ecosystem restoration and land conservation

SARA, safeguarding, restoration and adaptation of seabird colonies and associated ecosystem services

Scaling up climate adaptation strategies, including water resource restoration, environmental rehabilitation, and sustainable food systems

STAR: Seagrass Training, Awareness and Restoration Program

Taro ‘ITE : Establishment of an Experimental Taro Plantation

French Polynesia

Upscaling community-based Nature-based Solutions (NbS) using Innovative National Information Strategy (NIS) and Behavioural Change Approaches

Using customary law for fisheries and marine ecosystem restoration in Timor-Leste

WISH +: Implementing integrated watershed management for biodiversity, climate resilience and human health co-benefits into the Pacific communities

Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

Regional project

WOMEN’S WORK: Empowering women to restore coastal ecosystems and strengthen food security in Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau

Regional project

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