Explore Pacific conservation projects and programmes.

Ongoing Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Tokelau, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, Regional

Kiwa Initiative Local Projects Component

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate resilience aims at strengthening the climate change resilience of Pacific Islands ecosystems, communities and economies through NbS, by protecting, sustainably managing and restoring biodiversity. A portfolio of very small, small, and…

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International Union for the Conservation of Nature - Oceania Regional Office (IUCN-ORO), Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature Comité Français (UICN-CF)

05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems 14 – Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change, pandemic and disaster response

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Ongoing Regional

Kiwa Initiative Regional Technical Assistance

The Kiwa Initiative is a multi-donor program that aims to strengthen the climate change resilience of Pacific Island ecosystems, communities and economies through Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), that is to say by protecting, sustainably managing and restoring biodiversity. It is…

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Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

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Agence Française de Développement (AFD), European Union (EU), New Zealand MFAT, Australia DFAT, Government of Canada

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems +1

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Ongoing Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea

Kiwa Initiative: Watershed Interventions for Systems Health+ (WISH Plus)

Site-based implemented of integrated watershed management (IWM) for downstream ecosystem and public health; Development of tools and mechanisms to scale and sustainable finance IWM approaches; Development of knowledge sharing platforms to enable replication of best practice.

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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

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University of Sydney, University of Queensland

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems +8

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Ongoing Fiji

Lau Seascape Initiative: Preserving Ocean and Island Biodiversity for Resilient Communities

The Lau Seascape initiative aims to build a coalition among government, the private sector, civil society and local communities to improve natural resource governance and management in the Province of Lau and its surrounding waters, enhancing protection of key biodiversity…

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Conservation International (CI), University of the South Pacific (USP)

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Fiji Government, Vanua o Lau, University of the South Pacific, Manta Trust, Coral Reef Alliance Pacific Blue Foundation, Loving Islands, Vatuvara Foundation, Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area Network (FLMMA), Grace Trifam Ministries, POETCOM (SPC)

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 03 – Sustainable and resilient ocean economies +13

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Ongoing Palau, Federated States of Micronesia

Local Early Action Planning in Micronesia

In Micronesia, TNC continued to help women’s groups implement adaptation strategies identified in their climate vulnerability assessments and action plans, including planting lemongrass and food crops in areas vulnerable to erosion, switching to dry litter piggeries to reduce…

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The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

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Micronesia Conservation Trust, Yap Women’s Association, Chuuk Women’s Council, Pohnpei Women’s Council, Kosrae Women’s Association

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems 18 – Preventing terrestrial, freshwater and marine pollution (non-plastic)

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Ongoing Samoa, Tokelau

Manaaki Fund: Securing a Polynesian Promise for Climate and Community resilience

In partnership with the Samoa Voyaging Society and government stakeholders, CI is working enhance climate resilience of coastal communities in Samoa and Tokelau through innovative education and demonstration approaches to ocean protection and management, building on Polynesian…

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Conservation International (CI), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

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New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Samoa Government, Tokelau Government, Samoa Voyaging Society

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 08 – Marine ecological integrity +2

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Ongoing Palau

Manaaki Fund: Strengthening climate resilience of communities and marine ecosystems in Palau through sustainable community-based aquaculture initiatives

(A) increase stakeholder awareness and knowledge of giant clam farming and market systems to inform livelihoods, food security, conservation management and policy decision making; (B) increase community access to high-quality and diverse giant clam seedlings to support the…

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Conservation International (CI)

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Palau Aquaculture Alliance

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 03 – Sustainable and resilient ocean economies 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems +2

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Ongoing Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE)

The Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE) project aims to strengthen coastal biodiversity conservation and management through protection and rehabilitation incentives for coastal carbon sinks in Pacific Island countries.

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 03 – Sustainable and resilient ocean economies +5

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Ongoing Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu

Managing Coastal Aquifers in selected Pacific SIDS (MCA)

This project aims at improving the understanding, use, management and protection of coastal aquifers towards enhanced water security, in the context of a changing climate.

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Pacific Community (SPC)

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Global Environment Facility (GEF)

05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems 10 – Terrestrial ecological integrity 18 – Preventing terrestrial, freshwater and marine pollution (non-plastic)

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Ongoing Papua New Guinea

Mangoro Market Meri: Women working together to protect their mangroves and build secure futures for their communities

MMM has developed a partnership with CARE International focused on enabling gender equity and diversity trainings and capacity building trainings for our women communities. Post Covid, the project is also working to improve livelihoods by rebuilding the value chains impacted by…

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The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

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Mangoro Market Meri

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 04 – Sustainable and resilient island economies 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems

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Ongoing Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau

Micronesia Coral Reefs Programme

TNC was selected as convening agent for a new regional programme approved in November 2023 by the Global Fund for Coral Reefs, aiming to support the improved management of 1,073,241 hectares of coastal ecosystems, including 175,141 hectares of coral reefs, with 10 million USD in…

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The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

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Government of Federated States of Micronesia, Government of Republic of Marshall Islands, Government of Republic of Palau, Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT), Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), Palau Pacific Areas Network (PAN) Fund, Pacific Island Tuna (PIT), FSM Development Bank, National Development Bank of Palau, Marshall Islands Development Bank, Pacific Islands Development Bank.

01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 04 – Sustainable and resilient island economies 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems +3

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Ongoing Fiji

National Science Foundation: Drivers of Ecosystem-based Adaptation to extreme events in mangrove-reef social-ecological systems

Research to identify feedbacks between protective services provided by mangroves and coral reefs to cyclones and community use and management of those ecosystems.

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Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

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East Carolina University, Virginia Tech University

14 – Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change, pandemic and disaster response 19 – Science and traditional knowledge for target-setting and monitoring

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