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Entries for August 2025

Monitoring For Impact: Tracking Fish Stocks in Fiji's No-Take and Fished Areas-CAPA Initiative

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Monitoring For Impact: Tracking Fish Stocks in Fiji's No-Take and Fished Areas-CAPA Initiative
(August 19, 2025) As part of our ongoing support for community-based marine resource management, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Fiji conducted biological surveys from the 30th of October to 5th December 2024, through the Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas (CAPA) Initiative. These surveys took place across the districts of Bua, Bureta, and Nakorotubu, to monitor the status of fish stocks within community-designated no-take areas (tabu) and fished areas within their traditional fishing grounds (‘...

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Nature-based Solutions take root in Lovoni & Bureta with 8000+ trees planted

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Nature-based Solutions take root in Lovoni & Bureta with 8000+ trees planted
(August 07, 2025) Lovoni, Ovalau – Over 8,000 fruit and native tree seedlings have been planted in the Lovoni District of Levuka, Ovalau as part of a reforestation initiative led by the WCS in partnership with the Ministry of Forestry. The planting marks a significant step under the Kiwa WISH+ Project, which promotes nature-based solutions to build climate resilience across Fiji, Solomon Islands and PNG. Fruit trees planted in Bureta. The trees ranging from native hardwoods to various fruit-bearin...

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