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Tongatapu 5 Youth Council working committee with Tongatapu No. 5 People's Representative, Losaline Ma'asi, Free Wesleyan Church Hall, Ha'avakatolo. 15 October 2020. Credit - https://matangitonga.to/
Youth Council to help tackle water and coastal issues
October 23, 2020

Tongatapu 5 Youth Council want to tackle water and coastal issues to ensure a better future for Hihifo communities, after electing a working committee last week.

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Established nurseries on South Pentecost, Vanuatu. Credit - https://dailypost.vu/
Livelihood Recovery Program Assists South Pentecost Communities Establish Nurseries
August 27, 2020

The activity is part of the Integrated Sustainable Land and Coastal Management (ISLCM) project, which aims to implement sustainable and integrated management of forest, land and marine resources...The newly established community nurseries are part of the Livelihood Recovery Program in communities

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Improving coastal restoration by temporarily imitating nature. Credit: Radboud University
Improving coastal restoration by temporarily imitating nature
July 24, 2020

Coastal ecosystems are very important.They provide a habitat for many plant and animal species, capture CO2, and protect the land from storm waves. Coastal ecosystems are in rapid decline around the world. Restoring them is very expensive and is often unsuccessful.

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In the lower left corner of this photograph, researchers prepare a submersible device. “Together with our collaborators in the Maldives, we are designing, testing, building, and deploying submersible devices that, based simply on their geometry in relationship to the ocean waves and currents, promote sand accumulation in specific areas,” says associate professor Skylar Tibbits. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Experiments to combat sea-level rise by redirecting natural sand movement
May 15, 2020

Many island nations, including the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, are facing an existential threat as a result of a rising sea level induced by global climate change.

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Palau and Tonga win prestigious Energy Globe Award
August 1, 2019

The Pacific Community’s Global Climate Change Alliance: Pacific Small Island States (GCCA: PSIS),  funded by the European Union (EU) was the proud recipient of the 2019 Energy Globe Award, recognised for its outstanding work and contribution towards advancing peer to peer learning in climate

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Tuvalu gets green light for reclamation
July 12, 2019

Tuvalu has received the green light this week to spend the international aid money, not just on coastal protection, but also on on building more land out of the lagoon. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Hawaii's inshore reef area
Hawai‘i’s Reefs Provide $836 Million Worth of Coastal Flood Protection
June 14, 2019

In Hawai‘i, reefs provide more than $836 million in flood protection benefits to people, property and jobs every year—more than every other state and territory in the nation, according to a new report released by the U.S.

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Erosion is costing NZ up to $300m a year
April 26, 2019

The government's report on the state of the environment estimates the economic losses associated with soil erosion and landslides is at least $250 to $300 million a year. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Award-winning TV Series Explores Ocean Issues in Hawai‘i
August 10, 2018

The University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program’s educational television series Voice of the Sea has received two 2018 Telly Awards for its coverage of sea-level rise and coastal erosion in Hawai‘i.

Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Save-the-date: Third Annual IPBC Meeting and Pacific Blue Carbon Workshop
July 20, 2018

The International Partnership for Blue Carbon (IPBC) – together with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat-Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (PIFS-OPOC) – is hosting two blue carbon events at the PIFS campus in Suva, Fiji, this September: the IPBC’s third annual meeting and a Pacific blue

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