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Developing and testing a forest management model
ContextForests across Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are central to community wellbeing, providing food, water, livelihoods, and holding significant cultural and social value. While deforestation caused by human activity has been…
Nauru Restoration Generation
ContextHalting and reversing land degradation, as well as conserving remnant biodiversity in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), is a critical global priority. Nauru is among the most severely affected, with decades of unsustainable surface phosphate…
Strengthening Global Health Security in the Pacific Islands
The COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected the Pacific Islands, with early lockdowns mitigating initial health impacts but causing significant economic losses. As borders reopened in 2022, Omicron surges overwhelmed the region’s health systems,…
EU- ACP Business-Friendly Project
ContextThe “EU-ACP Business-Friendly: Supporting value chains through inclusive policies, investment promotion and alliances” programme is an Intra-ACP action funded by the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (…
Strengthening Pacific Regional Animal Health
ContextThe Pacific Heads of Veterinary and Animal Production Services (PHOVAPS) was established as a mechanism to facilitate regional collaboration in developing programmes to strengthen animal health and production services across the Pacific.
Pacific Organic Learning Farm Network Project
ObjectivesPOLFN has four components in its regional implementation through the Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community with SPC:
Mangrove Restoration for Carbon Offsetting
ContextMangroves play a vital role in coastal ecology and in sustaining and securing coastal communities. They reduce the harmful effects of coastal erosion, storms and flooding and are one of the most cost-effective methods of managing disaster…
Identification of drought-tolerant taro varieties for the Pacific (phase 2)
ContextThe frequency and severity of droughts, floods and heatwaves, as well as the continued sea level rise as consequences of climate change impact negatively food and agriculture security in vulnerable regions such as the Pacific. One of the most…
Improving root crop resilience and biosecurity in Pacific Island Countries and Australia
ContextAgriculture provides livelihoods for the majority of the Pacific region population and root crops are key staples in Pacific Countries and Territories (PICTs).
Safeguarding and deploying coconut diversity for improving livelihoods in Pacific Islands (C4L)
ContextCoconuts contribute, directly or indirectly, to the livelihoods of coastal communities throughout the Pacific islands, comprising some five million vulnerable people. Dependence on coconuts, however, has become a ‘poverty trap’ for communities…