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CEC Based Approach, Methodology and Process (CECBA)

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Airahui, Sammy

Powerpoint Presentation at PEBACC workshop held in 2016.

Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) Project Choiseul, SI PEBACC Inception Workshop 3rd March 2016 Honiara

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Fred Siho Patison

Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation may include sustainable management as well as conservation and restoration of ecosystems, as part of an overall adaptation strategy that takes into account the multiple social, economic and cultural co-benefits for governments and local communities.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands 2

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Chape, Stuart

Powerpoint presentation by Stuart Chape on EBA services to the Pacific region.

Honiara Urban Resilience & Climate Adaptation Plan

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McEvoy, Darryn

Powerpoint Presentation at PEBACC workshop held in 2016.

climate change

Climate Change, Disaster Risk Mapping and related risks within the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology

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Reuben, Reginald

Powerpoint Presentation at PEBACC workshop held in 2016.

Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change Ecosystems & Socio-Economic Resilience Analysis & Mapping Project

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Trundle, Alexei

Powerpoint Presentation at PEBACC workshop held in 2016.

Integrated Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment - Synthesis report

Climate Change Resilience

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Buadromo, Vuki

Halavatau, Siosiua

Iacovino, Carlo

Mariner, Azarel

Ropeti, Etuati

Sabass, Hanna

Abaiang lies one degree north of the equator and is the closest outer island to Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati. Over 5,000 people live on Abaiang, making it the fourth largest population of any atoll in the nation. The unique culture of Kiribati is evident on Abaiang. Limited external in uences have meant that the traditional way of life and village governance is largely intact.

Using expert elicitation to estimate the impacts of plastic pollution on marine wildlife

Biodiversity Conservation

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Hardesty, Britta Denise

Leonard, George H.

Mallos, Nicholas, J.

Rodriguez, Alba

Wilcox, Chris

Marine litter is a growing environmental concern. With the rapid increase in global plastics production and the resulting large volume of litter that enters the marine environment, determining the consequences of this debris on marine fauna and ocean health has now become a critical environmental priority, particularly for threatened and endangered species. However, there are limited data about the impacts of debris on marine species from which to draw conclusions about the population consequences of anthropogenic debris. To address this knowledge gap, information was elicited from experts on the ecological threat (both severity and specificity) of entanglement, ingestion and chemical contamination for three major marine taxa: seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals. The threat assessment focused on the most common types of litter that are found along the world's coastlines, based on data gathered during three decades of international coastal clean-up efforts. Fishing related gear, balloons and plastic bags were estimated to pose the greatest entanglement risk to marine fauna. In contrast, experts identified a broader suite of items of concern for ingestion, with plastic bags and plastic utensils ranked as the greatest threats. Entanglement and ingestion affected a similar range of taxa, although entanglement was rated as slightly worse because it is more likely to be lethal. Contamination was scored the lowest in terms of impact, affecting a smaller portion of the taxa and being rated as having solely non-lethal impacts. This work points towards a number of opportunities both for policy-based and consumer-driven changes in plastics use that could have demonstrable affects for a range of ecologically important taxa that serve as indicators of marine ecosystem health.

Systematic conservation planning within a Fijian customary governance context

Aalbersberg, W.

Comley, J.

Weeks, R.

Wendt, H. K.

Although conservation planning research has influenced conservation actions globally in the last two decades, successful implementation of systematic conservation plans in regions where customary marine tenure exists has been minimal. In such regions, local community knowledge and understanding of socioeconomic realities may offer the best spatially explicit information for analysis, since required socioeconomic data are not available at scales relevant to conservation planning. Here we describe the process undertaken by the Kadavu Yaubula Management Support Team, a team of researchers from The University of the South Pacific and the local communities to assess whether systematic conservation planning tools can be effectively applied and useful in a customary governance context, using a case study from Fiji. Through a participatory approach and with the aim of meeting local-scale conservation and fisheries needs, a spatial conservation planning tool, Marxan with Zones, was used to reconfigure a collection of locally designed marine protected areas in the province of Kadavu in order to achieve broader objectives. At the local scale, the real value of such tools has been in the process of identifying and conceptualising management issues, working with communities to collate data through participatory techniques, and in engaging communities in management decision making. The output and use of the tool has been of secondary value. The outcome was invaluable for developing marine protected area network design approaches that combine traditional knowledge with ecological features in a manner appropriate to a Melanesian context.

Discovery of an important aggregation area for endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, in the Rewa River estuary, Fiji Islands

Biodiversity Conservation

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Brown, Kelly T.

Lal, Monal M.

Miller, Cara E.

Seeto, Johnson

The scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, is endangered throughout its global distribution. Management and protection of this species is challenging in many locations because of limited scientific data and the vulnerable life-history traits of the species. Our study investigated anecdotal evidence that the Rewa River estuary in Fiji serves as an important nursery area for this shark. Research findings indicated that the average length of both males (60.6 ± 6.78 cm, n = 31) and females (60.4 ± 6.85 cm, n = 51) was well within published size limits of juvenile S. lewini studied in other locations (range = 38.089.5 cm). On the basis of published reference points for umbilical scar status we postulate that the first captured juveniles were born in January of the study year. Stomach content analysis found the following prey items: Decapoda (represented by prawns and shrimps), Stomatopoda, anguilliformes and osteichthyes. Decapods were the most numerous prey item by both count (59.17% of total prey items) and weight (60.25% of total weight). Our study provides strong support that the Rewa River estuary is an important aggregation area for S. lewini in Fiji.

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