Panel 3b: Climate change and environment

Conference Name: 2023 Pacific Update
Event Type: Pacific Update
Presenter/s: Viliame Kasanawaqa, Alvin Lal, Melin Wamas, Michael Ha’apio, Ricardo Gonzalez, Morgan Wairiu, Alvin Chand

Presentation/s:

Chair: Akata Taito, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Resilient and sustainable economic transition in Pacific small island developing states: Blue economy and deep sea mining. The case of Fiji.
Viliame Kasanawaqa, University of Malta
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Assessing the health of aquatic ecosystems in the Cook Islands: A study of lagoon and stream water quality
Alvin Chand, University of the South Pacific, and Alvin Lal, University of Newcastle
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An assessment on mangrove conservation in Papua New Guinea: A case study on mangrove sustainability policy from 2012- 2016
Melin Wamas, University of Papua New Guinea
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Assessing the wantok system of the Solomon Islands as an adaptation strategy
Michael Ha’apio, Idea Connection Pacific, Ricardo Gonzalez, University of Chile, and Morgan Wairiu, Windrock International Solomon Islands
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