WISH Fiji
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Vibrant Oceans WISH Fiji aims to reduce the impacts of upstream land use on coral reefs, fisheries, and community health through improved management.
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Stem the Tide of #Ocean #Pollution to Save Billions of Lives, Dollars, and Our #CoralReefs By Stacy Jupiter, Bodhi Patil & Christopher Corbin for The Economist's World Ocean Initiative blog impact.economist.com/ocean/biodiver… World Ocean Initiative Bodhi Patil Christopher Corbin #conservation
Watershed pollution causes ~1.4m deaths every year & ~US$12bn in economic losses annually. We can stem the tide of ocean pollution, save lives, and protect downstream ecosystems. Find out more from our Op-Ed: impact.economist.com/ocean/biodiver… @EconomistImpact Christopher Corbin Bodhi Patil
#WaterAction through integrated watershed management, incorporating Nature-based Solutions, is now being scaled across #Fiji, #PNG & #SolomonIslands under the Kiwa Initiative Kiwa Initiative EU Pacific 🇪🇺 Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 Development Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Stem the tide of #oceanpollution to save billions of lives, dollars, and our coral reefs. Out now via Economist Impact, from Stacy Jupiter Regional Director WCS Melanesia , Bodhi Patil, and Christopher Corbin: impact.economist.com/ocean/biodiver… #WaterAction #ForCoral #WWWeek
The #KiwaWISH+ team in Solomon Islands WCS Solomon Islands met with communities in #Kolombangara Island to inform them about the WISH+ project and obtain their Free, Prior & Informed Consent to participate in the project. 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿 #KiwaInitiative
Solving downstream coral reef and public health can be tackled through nested interventions at different scales, like we are undertaking through WISH Fiji and Kiwa WISH+ Bloomberg Philanthropies Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security EU Pacific 🇪🇺 Agence Française de #Développement (AFD) 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 Development Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade
Land and sea ecosystems are intimately linked – as are the health of people and their watersheds. Explore the links in new science from WCS and partners like UN Environment Programme, UQ Science, and The Nature Conservancy, with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies 🪸 Read it here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Our global study showed that pollution is the #1 local pressure on coral reefs worldwide. So what do we do about it? @theWCS tackles runoff and wastewater management using the best science - read more here ⬇️ Stacy Jupiter Dr Amelia Wenger Ama Wakwella Bloomberg Philanthropies #Kiwa #WISH
New study from the WISH Fiji partnership showing that only 11% to 21% of rural households across five Fiji watersheds had access to safely managed sanitation systems: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security Bloomberg Philanthropies University of Sydney Fiji National University Edith Cowan University (ECU) WCS Fiji
This #WorldEnvironmentDay, let's take heed of WCS Regional Director Stacy Jupiter & co-authors Bodhi Patil & Christopher Corbin's call to stem the tide of #oceanpollution to save billions of lives, dollars & our #coralreefs. Read Op-Ed via @EconomistImpact here: bit.ly/45ORhqK
"#HumanHealth Depends on Thriving #Oceans", a short analysis of the intrinsic links between human health & ocean #conservation, is co-authored by #WISHFiji's Dr Stacy Jupiter & Dr Aaron Jenkins - the duo have been instrumental in bringing the WISH approach to life! #oceansday
Bula! Don’t miss the first public screening of the Mai na Uluniwai kina Tubuniwai: working together for our #health and #nature documentary. Tune in to The Morning Show_Fiji One this Saturday at 8am to watch the documentary!! Bloomberg Philanthropies Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security Kiwa Initiative