FIJI COUNTRY PROGRAM 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
FROM THE DIRECTOR ...................................................................................................................... 1<br />
THE WCS TEAM ............................................................................................................................... 2<br />
COLLABORATING STUDENTS WITH WCS-<strong>FIJI</strong> .................................................................................. 6<br />
OUR <strong>2015</strong> INTERNS ......................................................................................................................... 7<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................................... 8<br />
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 9<br />
SCIENCE ......................................................................................................................................... 11<br />
Assessing Impacts of Periodic Harvests on Reef Fish Populations ........................................... 11<br />
Investigating links between environmental change and waterborne bacterial disease in Fiji 14<br />
Understanding the links between local ecological knowledge, ecosystem services, and<br />
resilience to climate change in Pacific Islands .......................................................................... 17<br />
Testing the Effectiveness of Locally-Managed Marine Areas in Fiji with the Social-Ecological<br />
Systems Meta-Analysis Database Framework (SESMAD) ......................................................... 19<br />
Value chain analysis of the wild caught sea cucumber fishery ................................................ 21<br />
Monitoring the impact of the MacArthur Foundation’s 10 year coastal and marine strategy 22<br />
Sixth Expedition to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area – Republic of Kiribati ........................ 24<br />
MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................................................. 25<br />
Spreading Ecosystem-Based Management .............................................................................. 25<br />
Engaging districts of Bua Province ........................................................................................ 25<br />
Island-scale planning in Lomaiviti Province .......................................................................... 27<br />
Provincial-scale engagement .................................................................................................... 29<br />
Improving Effectiveness of Inshore Fisheries Management Systems in Fiji to Achieve<br />
Sustainable Ecological, Social and Economic Outcomes .......................................................... 30<br />
Supporting women in fisheries as a strategy to strengthen and expand marine conservation<br />
in Fiji .......................................................................................................................................... 33<br />
Supporting livelihoods and income generation ........................................................................ 34<br />
Livelihood development ....................................................................................................... 34<br />
Sustainable financing for local community protected areas ................................................ 35<br />
Offshore Marine Managed Areas: campaigning for the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape ........................... 36<br />
Kilaka Forest Conservation Area ............................................................................................... 38<br />
COMMUNICATIONS: CAMPAIGNING FOR THE VATU-I-RA SEASCAPE .......................................... 39<br />
ENGAGING WITH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICY AND PLANNING ........................................ 41<br />
Protected Area Committee ....................................................................................................... 41<br />
Fisheries Offshore Marine Reserve Committee........................................................................ 41<br />
BIOFIN Initiative Technical Advisory Committee ...................................................................... 41<br />
<strong>FIJI</strong> RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES <strong>2015</strong> ................................................................. 42<br />
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