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Director of the Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund, Dr German (Jerry) Velasquez statement of support for PRISMSS work to manage invasive species in the Pacific region

Report from the PACC project

The village community expressed their support and agreed that village by-laws are necessary for Tafitoala. As expressed this will assist the village council of chiefs in managing resources and set up formal penalties for those who may/will breach the village laws. Following the initial planning workshop the MNRE (WRD) prepared a community consultation with the entire community, to undertake a situational analysis as well as gauge views of the village on what rules were necessary for the continuing sustainability of the resource. It was expected that the community consultation will provide all the baseline information of what problems were and how the village groups foresee by-laws as a means of protecting the resource from these problems.

PACC is the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change project. It is difficult to predict far in advance how climate change will affect a particular site, sector or community. There is an urgency for the need to adapt to climate change in our Pacific island countries, the PACC has been developed to assist with the implementation of adaptation measures in 11 countries in the region. Nauru, is one of the countries that will participate in implementing adaptation measures to enhance its resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change over the long term.

The PACC group is working with its partners to help Nauru communities learn resilience to climate change, most importantly in the area of water conservation. This means no matter what happens to our country in a year of changing climate patterns, you know you have your own supply of clean safe drinking water.