Listen to Ama Wakwella talk about the double whammy of impacts of poor water quality on environmental health & public health - issues we are tackling in our WISH Fiji and Kiwa WISH+ projects. Ama describes our review of impacts, access it here: tinyurl.com/4mfdtspn

WCS Fiji and WCS Solomon Islands are proud partners of the Pacific #BioScapes Programme. Inaugural Program Steering Committee happening today with members from 11 target countries. EU Pacific 🇪🇺 SPREP #ResilientPacific #PacificBiodiversity

First set of rapid coral bleaching surveys done & dusted in #solomonislands. Happy to report just about no #bleaching - despite heating up temps across the South Pacific. Dr Emily Darling - data already in MERMAID! WCS Ocean

Team WCS Solomon Islands is back in the water, with Regional Director Stacy Jupiter, to compare methodologies for rapid bleaching surveys. Next up is baseline monitoring for the Kiwa WISH+ project around Kolombangara

Heading to #Kolombangara for reef surveys downstream of implementation of upstream watershed management under Kiwa WISH+ project. #KiwaInitiative Kiwa Initiative #NaturebasedSolutions WCS Melanesia WCS Ocean

The WCS Solomon Islands team and Kiwa WISH+ Regional Coordinator on their way to Kolombangara Island for consultations with communities for Kiwa WISH+ project. Let's go! #KiwaInitiative 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿

Team @wcssolomonis and some of our regional staff celebrating the end of 2023 with a strategic planning retreat and holiday celebrations

Prime Ministers & Presidents of Pacific Island Countries came together today at #COP28 in Dubai today to witness pledges to the Blue Pacific Initiative of $100 million from the Bezos Earth Fund and $125 million from the Global Environment Facility. Vinaka vaka levu.

From WCS PNG - a look at what recently announced MPA’s can do to help the oceans most endangered species + how can we replicate this approach globally by thinking of the needs of sharks & rays + people that depend on them when designing protected areas: medium.com/wcs-marine-con…

Lots of announcements at #COP28 in Dubai. This one should not get lost in the mix;  a massive new lifeline for people and nature. Thank you to Pacific Islands State Leaders and to the Bezos Earth Fund for this planet-saving initiative #30x30

WCS Melanesia Regional Director Dr Stacy Jupiter quoted in a CBC piece on the new bleaching alert levels released by Coral Reef Watch and what this means for coral reef management: cbc.ca/radio/asithapp… WCS Newsroom WCS Solomon Islands WCS Fiji WCS PNG

After years of preparation, the Lolobo and Mande’atungu tribes of Kolombangara Island submitted their protected area management plans to the Solomon Islands government for review. Congratulations on this big step and thanks to Rainforest Trust for their support. WCS Melanesia

🚨Paper Alert🚨 🌊Achieving inclusive + sustainable #ocean #economies 💶, long-term #climate resilience 🌡️and effective biodiversity #conservation 🐟requires urgent and strategic actions to advance #equity. 🫂 CNRS 🌍 CNRS Écologie & Environnement Ocean & Climate Platform 📰rdcu.be/dHS4T

As the world races to conserve 30% of the ocean by 2030, equity must be considered, says a group of scientists including from WCS in a new paper. Failure to do so could result in further displacement and marginalization of the most vulnerable. More: bit.ly/44JklQb

*PAPER ALERT* As the world races towards #30x30 targets, equity must be considered at the forefront of ocean governance & management or risk further marginalizing the world's most vulnerable. More: bit.ly/44JklQb

Communities of Soka, Haleta, Gumu, Vuranimala & Toa have all given consent to be part of the #SolomonIslands Pacific BioScapes programme, focused on marine spatial planning, EbA, and integrated island management SPREP WCS Melanesia

Water quality monitoring training underway in #SolomonIslands to sample water sources on Kolombangara Island as part of the Kiwa WISH+ project Kiwa Initiative 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇿

Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Rights in Conservation ow.ly/FMt550SnuvZ WCS

At long last, our case study of the Watershed Interventions for Systems Health in Fiji approach is published in PLOS Water. Learn more about how 29 communities across 5 watersheds are managing risks to downstream environment & public health: journals.plos.org/water/article?… WISH Fiji

The Solomon Islands government announced a new marine project supported by IUCN and the Blue Nature Alliance to establish 15% marine protected areas by 2024/25. #WorldOceansDay 🌊💙