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Innovative risk finance project to safeguard Melanesian fishing communities against climate threats
Willis Towers Watson (WTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, today announced the launch of a new financial initiative to help vulnerable fishing communities in Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to be more resilient to the adverse impacts of climate change.
Informing action: Pacific nations unite on the environment
The people of the Pacific islands may be among the smallest contributors to climate change, but they are on the frontline of its impacts.
Ridge to reef living landscapes: A model for community-based conservation in Papua New Guinea
“We are a coastal community and have always relied on the sea for food and income – we catch fish, and harvest sea cucumbers and trochus shells. When I was a young boy I can remember that there were plenty of sea cucumbers and we would always come home with a big catch of fish. But, as time passed, our community was taking too much, without thought for the future. The reefs were being damaged and we had to search further and further from the shore to find any fish.
Safeguarding the future of nature and people in the Coral Triangle through marine protection
Sydney, Australia – Coral Triangle countries are helping to avoid a natural and humanitarian toll in the Indo Pacific by conserving ocean habitats that are critical for the food security and livelihoods of more than a hundred million people, delegates at the World Parks Congress will hear today.
The Coral Triangle is a 6 million-km2 marine area that directly sustains and protects more than 120 million people in coastal communities across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste.
Celebrating Indigenous Communities’ Contribution to Forests Conservation
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March 21, 2014