The women of Nakalawaca now have clean, efficient, and safe forms of marine transport after MTCC-Pacific introduced them to a solar-powered outboard electric motor and fibreglass boat
Category: Fiji
Wacia – An Example Of Development Gone Wrong
Remnants from the Freesoul Real Estate Development (Fiji) PTE Limited development on Wacia on Malolo Island is a constant reminder of environmental developments gone wrong.
Malolo ruins still worry many villagers
When they developed the area, our catch wasn’t like before. The number of fish and crabs we used to catch before all dropped.
New Parametric Microinsurance Products launched to cushion impact of Climate Change in Fiji
Two new parametric micro-insurance products to build financial preparedness and disaster risk resilience for Fiji’s most vulnerable communities
Plastic has made it to the bottom of Fiji’s rivers; our environment is breaking down
Research finds microplastics in freshwater mussels or kai from the depths of Fiji’s five biggest rivers. “Now even river bed mussels are affected by the way we live,” writes marine biologist
Fijian islanders forced from their ancestral lands by climate change want polluters to pay
Serua Island, Fiji’s one of many coastal villages, are forced to make difficult decisions about their future to adapt or move from their ancestral lands due to climate change
Fijian families benefitting from clean energy stoves
Environmental friendly stoves help 800 rural families cut their monthly expenses on gas and kerosene and have access to clean cooking nutrition
Fiji begins selection of Private sector developer for 3000 affordable, Climate-resilient homes
Fiji has commenced the process of engagement with potential developers to provide affordable, climate-resilient homes for 3,000 low and middle-income Fijian families
‘This place will crack’: Centuries-old graves threatened by the sea
All down the 200-kilometre southern coast of Fiji’s Viti Levu island, climate change is not just imperilling the dead, but endangering the living.
Announcement at ocean conference echoes collective will of Pacific peoples – Tuisese
Fijian PM’s historic move towards protecting our ocean can increase climate resilience, benefit local livelihoods, safeguard biodiversity and strengthen the economy, says Susana Waqainabete-Tuisese