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Pacific Conservation Database

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A searchable database of conservation work led by PIRT member organisations and partners across Pacific countries and territories.

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Completed Solomon Islands

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program: Advancing management of fish spawning aggregations in Western Province

Identified fish spawning aggregation (FSA) sites using traditional ecological knowledge (TEK); built local capacity for monitoring; incorporating FSA management into LMMA plans; improved enabling environment for enforcement

PIRT member
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 07 – Effective marine protected areas +4
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Ongoing Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Oceanic Fisheries Management Project III (OFMPIII)

The success of this project lies within its collaborative nature. The implementing agencies are working together to achieve these objectives.

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Other partners
Global Environment Facility, Parties to the Nauru Agreement Office, Pacific Island Tuna Industry Association
08 – Marine ecological integrity 13 – Ending unsustainable fishing 20 – Governance that works for nature conservation
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Ongoing Fiji

Oceans 5/Bloomberg Vibrant Oceans Initiative: Supporting sustainable fisheries management and marine protected area development for food security and biodiversity protection in Fiji

Implement new science-based, minimum size limits for key fisheries in Fiji; Secure stakeholder-accepted new offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) to support Fiji’s national and global 30% protection goal; Implement the Lau Seascape Strategy with a focus on improving fisheries…

PIRT member
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), cChange Pacific, International Union for the Conservation of Nature - Oceania Regional Office (IUCN-ORO), Conservation International (CI)
Other partners
Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) Network
01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 07 – Effective marine protected areas +6
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Completed Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea

Oceans 5/WCS MPA Fund: Managing Marine Areas for Biodiversity Conservation and Local Food Security in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Established MPAs, strengthened management of LMMAs, investigated sustainable financing arrangements.

PIRT member
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), International Union for the Conservation of Nature - Oceania Regional Office (IUCN-ORO)
Other partners
Solomon Islands Community Conservation Partnership (SICCP), Ailan Awareness
01 – Our people at the centre of conservation action 02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 06 – Environmentally and culturally sensitive tourism +5
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Completed Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change and Resilience Building (PACRES)

The Project supported PICTs to develop and review policies and legislation, strategic plans to strengthen climate change resilience; and enhanced regional and national adaptation and mitigation solutions to address climate change challenges in 15 Pacific ACP countries.

PIRT member
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Pacific Community (SPC), University of the South Pacific (USP)
Other partners
EU, PIFS, Monaco and the Swiss Confederation
14 – Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change, pandemic and disaster response 04 – Sustainable and resilient island economies 05 – Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to sustain our social-ecological systems +3
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Ongoing Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Pacific Coastal Fisheries Management and Compliance (PaFMaC)

The purpose of the Pacific Coastal Fisheries Management and Compliance (PaFMaC) activity is to ensure that sustainable coastal fisheries co-management in the 12 targeted Pacific island countries has appropriate, effective and collaborative monitoring, control and surveillance as…

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC)
Other partners
USAID
07 – Effective marine protected areas 08 – Marine ecological integrity 13 – Ending unsustainable fishing +1
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Ongoing Regional

Pacific Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) Network and Placement Programme

Early Career Ocean Professionals are tomorrow’s leaders for healthy and sustainable oceans. SPC's Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science (PCCOS) created the Pacific ECOP Network in 2021, mobilising and connecting Pacific ECOPs working in various sectors across the region.

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC)
Other partners
New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
08 – Marine ecological integrity 19 – Science and traditional knowledge for target-setting and monitoring
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Ongoing Regional

Pacific Framework for Action on Scaling up Community-based Fisheries Management 2021-2025

The Framework for Action was approved by members at HoF13 and endorsed at the 2nd RFMM, held in August 2021. In endorsing the framework, honourable ministers stressed the importance of sustainable coastal fisheries management for the Pacific region, essential during the pandemic…

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC)
Other partners
European Union, Australia DFAT, New Zealand MFAT
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 +4
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Ongoing Regional

Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Centre (PIOAC)

The Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Centre (PIOAC) was created to support ocean acidification capacity development throughout the Pacific. Established in 2021, PIOAC is a SPC-led partnership to support Pacific Island researchers, government officials, and community members…

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC), University of the South Pacific (USP)
Other partners
The Ocean Foundation, University of Otago, New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
08 – Marine ecological integrity 19 – Science and traditional knowledge for target-setting and monitoring
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Ongoing Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Nauru

Pacific Organic Learning Farms Network (POLFN)

The following project is being implemented in Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Nauru. The project works closely with farmers to establish organic learning farms and it supports farmers to adopt good agriculture practices in the form of organic agriculture. Furthermore, the…

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC)
Other partners
Kiwa Initiative, Fiji National University, Solomon Islands National University, Kastom Garden, Government of Fiji, Government of Nauru, Government of Solomon Islands, Government of Tonga
02 – Behaviour change for nature conservation through heritage and cultural expressions 03 – Sustainable and resilient ocean economies 04 – Sustainable and resilient island economies +2
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Ongoing Regional

Pacific Seeds for Life initiative

The initiative works with countries to develop sustainable seed systems that support Pacific farmers through strengthening seed networks to enable effective distribution and utilisation of resilient and high nutritional crop varieties. PS4L supports resilient and healthy food…

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC)
Other partners
New Zealand MFAT, Australia DFAT, Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT), Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Mainstreaming of Rural Development Innovation (MORDI)
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 +1
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Ongoing Regional

Pacific Solutions to Save Our Ocean – Integrated Ocean Management Programme

The Pacific Solutions to Save Our Ocean – Integrated Ocean Management Programme aims to leverage the spate of national ocean policies (NOPs) launched in the Pacific in recent years to address the need for greater integrated ocean management (IOM). This programme is endorsed by…

PIRT member
Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Other partners
New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), European Union (EU), UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
08 – Marine ecological integrity 19 – Science and traditional knowledge for target-setting and monitoring 20 – Governance that works for nature conservation
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