The portfolio focuses on integrated water resource management, environmental flows, water economics, watershed ecosystems, and river bank rehabilitation.

It also promotes increased awareness about the need for climate change adaptation and the value of coastal ecosystems to disaster risk reduction. IUCN Oceania's Water portfolio focuses on integrated water resource management, environmental flows, water economics, watershed ecosystems, and river bank rehabilitation.

It also promotes increased awareness about the need for climate change adaptation and the value of coastal ecosystems to disaster risk reduction.

WANI Oceania Projects

Kadavu, Fiji

Rapid growth, infrastructure development and improper land-use on Kadavu are constantly degrading the island’s rich biodiversity of both marine and terrestrial resources. However, the unique tenure system over both marine and terrestrial resources in Fiji allows for the opportunity to arrest and restore this adverse effect through community-based management.

The project’s second phase will see the implementation of the management plan produced in the first phase and the restoration of degraded catchments in Nakasaleka district.

Nadi, Fiji

The Nadi River Basin regularly suffers from heavy flooding, the most recent being the major floods of 2009. These floods are partially due to the poor management practices undertaken on the Nadi Catchments mainly by communities and local authorities.

The project’s second phase will see to the development of an integrated flood risk management plan for the Nadi Basin.

Togitogiga, Samoa

Togitogiga is the main source of water supply for downstream communities and has a unique biodiversity. It is also well known for recreational purposes as part of the “Togitogiga National Park”.

This catchment area has become significantly degraded due to increasing population and development pressures, soil erosion, sedimentation, and water pollution.

The project’s second phase will see to the development of the Togitogiga watershed management plan as well as seeing to its implementation.

Solomon Islands

A biodiversity assessment of Kovi catchment in Guadalcanal is intended to be carried out to complement the work of the GEF-funded IWRM project currently being executed by SOPAC in 13 regional countries. Kovi catchment is a potential source of water for Honiara but SIWA (Solomon Islands Water Authority) need to get the landowners on side.

The catchment has interesting fauna and flora and geological features for instance, caves. Once a biodiversity assessment has been done then an ecotourism plan will be developed in consultation with the landowners that will hopefully induce the landowners to maintain the ecosystem services of the catchment.

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