29 Mars 2011: Plus de 37 000 plants de mangrove ont été récemment plantés sur les îles de Aranuka, Butaritari, Maiana, Makin et dans le Nord et le Sud de Tarawa, Kiribati, dans le cadre d'un projet soutenu par la Banque mondiale, le Global Environment Facility (GEF) , AusAID et la Nouvelle-Zélande programme d'aide dans le but de réduire la vulnérabilité de Kiribati aux changements climatiques, la variabilité climatique et l'élévation du niveau de la mer. Les mangroves, bien que...
29 March 2011: Over 37,000 mangrove seedlings have recently been planted on the islands of Aranuka, Butaritari, Maiana, Makin and in North and South Tarawa, Kiribati, as part of a project supported by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), AusAID and the New Zealand Aid Programme with the aim of reducing Kiribati’s vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and sea level rise.
Mangroves, although considered a ‘soft’ option when compared to seawalls, can be one of the...
14 March 2011: A new pilot project using financial incentives to address direct hunting and accidental capture of dugongs was launched in Palau under the 2011 Year of the Dugong campaign. The initiative is led by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). The project aims to foster sustainable and long-term dugong protection by improving the economic livelihoods of local communities, and thereby...