Stories / Histoires

	5 November 2024 - Significant progress in fire management highlighted at ecosystem-based adaptation meeting in Kouaoua A powerful testimony from a participant at the recent PEBACC+ meeting in Kouaoua underscored the transformative impact of community-led initiatives in fire management. “My father started many fires and following his lead, we did too. Then, he took a step back and accepted his responsibilities as a customary leader,”
	27 September 2024 - Forest and Nature Reserves encroachment can lead Taveuni into a crisis The development of Taveuni’s agriculture has increasingly been at odds with the need to protect and conserve its natural environment. As encroachment into the Taveuni Forest Reserve and Ravilevu Nature Reserve for agricultural production of dalo and yaqona expands, it has affected ecosystem services provided by these natural resources.
	26 September 2024 - Harnessing natural solutions to achieve sustainable development in Vanuatu The importance of effectively harnessing the power of nature to help solve sustainable development challenges, such as climate change, food security and disaster risk reduction, was explored at the Aligning Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Nature-based Solutions in Vanuatu workshop held in Port Vila on 5 and 6 September.
	2 September 2024 - SPREP workshop deepens understanding on nature's potential for achieving sustainable development How can we ensure that our nature-based solutions projects and initiatives will have lasting positive socio-economic impacts while achieving long-term positive change in the health of our natural ecosystems and biodiversity?
	8 August 2024 - Navakacoa women and youth join efforts to rehabilitate mangroves Navakacoa village is located on the northeastern coastline of Taveuni island, and its community is dependent on fish and marine resources for subsistence and livelihoods. However, over the years, the people of Navakacoa have been experiencing a decline in availability and abundance of fish.
	3 November 2023 - Vanuatu begins phase two of ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change project Approaches to planning and decision-making that use EbA and resilience-thinking provide a significant opportunity for small island developing states to address climate change threats while working to achieve other sustainable development goals. Vanuatu, through the PEBACC+ Project, convened key national stakeholders in collaboration with the Vanuatu Department of Climate Change for the Inception Workshop to continue its efforts on EbA and NbS to climate change.
	1 November 2023 - Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change Project begins for Malaita Province The Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands recently held an inception workshop for the PEBACC+ project in Auki. The project will help strengthen the resilience of ecosystems, economies, and populations of Solomon Islands to the impacts of climate change by carrying out a provincial ESRAM assessment and implement EbA options in Small Malaita and Maramasike Passage.
	20 October 2023 - New Caledonia launches implementation of ecosystems-based adaptation to climate change project Coastal erosion, drying up of rivers, floods, fires, the declining health of corals and loss of biodiversity are increasingly confronting us as consequences of climate change. Faced with these challenges, ecosystem-based adaptation offers effective and adaptable responses by implementing measures to protect, sustainably manage and restore ecosystems and the services they provide.
	29 September 2023 - Second phase for ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change efforts begins for Fiji's Garden Island Taveuni Island, often known as the Garden Island of Fiji, is on its way to strengthening resilience through the protection, conservation, and sustainable management of its ecosystems. The PEBACC+ project is implementing ecosystem-based adaptation interventions for healthy and resilient ecosystems and, as a result, will reduce vulnerability of communities to climate change impacts.
	13 September 2023 - Solomon Islands launches Kiwa Initiative Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change Plus Project The PEBACC+ project for Solomon Islands started its inception workshop this week with key national partners and stakeholders in Honiara and Guadalcanal Province. The inception workshop formally launched the project and reconfirmed commitment of key partners to strengthen momentum by stakeholders in the implementation of the project.
	24 August 2023 - Taveuni to continue Ecosystem-based Adaptation interventions to climate change Taveuni, Fiji’s third largest island, has over the years experienced deteriorating soil quality, degraded water catchments and low agricultural yields. These were due to the removal of large tracts of forest to expand areas of cultivation for the growing cash-crop industry. The impacts of climate change can further exacerbate the effects of human-caused impacts on ecosystems and natural resources.
	21 March 2022 - SPREP, the Kiwa Initiative and FFEM sign financing agreement for new PEBACC+ project The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Agence française de développement  (AFD) and the Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial  (FFEM- The French Facility for Global Environment) have signed an agreement to fund the PEBACC+ project, the second large regional project to be signed under the Kiwa Initiative.