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GIZ PACIFIC
Registrace 19. 11. 2019
In response to particular challenges posed by Climate Change, GIZ works closely with partners to implement projects & provide advisory services to 14 Pacific Island States + Timor Leste.
Regional Talanoa Session on Seagrass Conservation in the Pacific
The MACBLUE project on World Seagrass Day, March 1st 2024 organised a regional hybrid talanoa session to celebrate the importance of seagrasses, exchange on conservation practices in the Pacific Islands countries and foster global collaboration for their protection.
Speakers included Dr Shalini Singh, Associate Professor Fiji National University, Mazella Maniwavie, Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy Papua New Guinea, Henry Kaniki WWF Pacific Solomon Islands and Falma Aiviji, Invertebrate Biologist Vanuatu Department of Fisheries.
Opening remarks were delivered by Ms Florence Rahiria, SPC Deputy Director Lands Resources Division and German Ambassador to Fiji His Excellency Dr Andreas Prothmann.
The Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE) project jointly implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, Pacific Community (SPC), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ Pacific).
The MACBLUE project work closely with its partner countries - Fiji, Papua New-Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to meet their priorities in biodiversity conservation and climate protection within coastal ecosystems.
Speakers included Dr Shalini Singh, Associate Professor Fiji National University, Mazella Maniwavie, Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy Papua New Guinea, Henry Kaniki WWF Pacific Solomon Islands and Falma Aiviji, Invertebrate Biologist Vanuatu Department of Fisheries.
Opening remarks were delivered by Ms Florence Rahiria, SPC Deputy Director Lands Resources Division and German Ambassador to Fiji His Excellency Dr Andreas Prothmann.
The Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE) project jointly implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, Pacific Community (SPC), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ Pacific).
The MACBLUE project work closely with its partner countries - Fiji, Papua New-Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to meet their priorities in biodiversity conservation and climate protection within coastal ecosystems.
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GIZ Impacts of Climate Induced Human Mobility on Gender
zhlédnutí 101Před 9 měsíci
The negative effects of climate change are already having an impact on settlements and economic areas and are consequently influencing migration movements. In future, extreme weather occurrences will become even more frequent and intense, and sea levels will continue to rise. These factors will have an increasing impact on disaster displacement, migration and planned relocation. The populations...
GIZ Impacts of Climate Induced Human Mobility on Culture
zhlédnutí 184Před 9 měsíci
The negative effects of climate change are already having an impact on settlements and economic areas and are consequently influencing migration movements. In future, extreme weather occurrences will become even more frequent and intense, and sea levels will continue to rise. These factors will have an increasing impact on disaster displacement, migration and planned relocation. The populations...
SV Kwai: GIZ Low Carbon Sea Transport Project in the Marshall Islands
zhlédnutí 38KPřed 2 lety
The cargo ship SV Kwai has been owned by the Republic of the Marshall Islands since January 2021. SV Kwai travels to all atolls, bringing in copra to Majuro Atoll, and passengers to nearby atolls. She has shown that she is capable of carrying loads of cobra and passengers altogether. As part of our project supporting the Marshall Islands to transition to low carbon sea transport, we are happy a...
Palau: Dry Piggery Farming
zhlédnutí 494Před 3 lety
Together with the Government of Palau, GIZ worked to promote organics through a pig-breeding program, cultured seedlings, and composting (supported by the dry-litter system of raising livestock).
Timor Leste: Integrated Action for Resilience & Adaptation to Climate Change
zhlédnutí 122Před 3 lety
In Timor Leste, GIZ has set up 18 pilot agro-ecological farms, each with access to a 10,000-litre rainwater tank benefitting around 500 families. These families also received improved cooking stoves with over 150,000 gliricidia trees planted as fuelwood for stoves and living fences for the farms. This is part of the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) Programme, fund...
Tuvalu - Community Based Biogas Systems (Pacific Way)
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed 3 lety
In Tuvalu, GIZ worked with Government to install 40 small-scale biogas digesters which supply free methane gas as a fuel substitute for firewood, kerosene and LPG used in domestic cooking. The project is part of the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) Programme and funded by the European Union.
Selwyn College, Solomon Islands - Solar PV Diesel Power Hybrid Project.
zhlédnutí 12KPřed 4 lety
Over 1000 boarding school students and community residents in Selwyn College, Solomon Islands are benefiting from the successful installation of a solar hybrid system replacing diesel generators. This is part of the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Programme (ACSE).