While holding out hope, Pacific Islanders have no choice but to endure the impacts of climate change.
Sanjeshni Kumar is a Multimedia Journalist from Fiji. She is currently working with Pacific Island News Association (PINA) for the Pasifika Environews.
Irreversible human-caused climate crisis threatens Pacific Island nations
Humans are responsible for the rise in the earth’s global temperature and it won’t stop rising unless immediate action is taken.—UN panel
Pacific Bats declining – now on IUCN Threatened List
Bats are listed under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because their rates are declining at an alarming rate in the Pacific Islands
USP research finds seagrass can help reduce global warming
Growing seagrass is an efficient way to reabsorbing carbon. It stores 55% of the atmospheric carbon to mitigate climate change.
Communities stage protest against polluting cement factories in Lami
In Fiji residents of a suburb close to Suva protest against the transportation of clinker to cement factories close by
Communities along major rivers in Fiji urged to plant vetiver grass to prevent riverbank erosion
A Nature based solution to reduce riverbank erosion in Fiji
Fiji sets up first of 50 biodiversity parks to protect biological resources
Planting native trees to feature in Fiji’s new biodiversity park.
Clean up exposes plastic and styrofoam dumped in Nabukalou Creek
Paddlers and volunteers clean up polluted Nabukalou Creek in Suva.
Fiji raises red flag on World Wetlands Day to protect declining wetlands
The Ramsar Convention stated that nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands were lost and the remaining are rapidly disappearing.