Pacific Islands
Social-Ecological Change and Food Security in Fiji
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Funder: USC Fellowship Award; USC-Brock U PhD Scholarship
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Researchers: Kerrie Pickering (PhD candidate)
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Partner: Nadroga-Navosa Provincial Council
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Aim: To examine food security in Fiji in the context of recent social and ecological changes in order to provide a more holistic account of the factor and processes shaping experiences of food security.
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Timeline: 2018-2021
Adaptation to climate change in an interior Pacific Island Village: a case study of Nawairuku, Ra, Fiji
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Funder: USC Fellowship Award
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Researchers: Renee Currenti; Dr. Tristan Pearce; Roger Kitson​
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Partner: Nawairuku
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Aim: To examine how residents of Nawairuku, an interior village in Ra, Fiji, are experiencing and responding to recent social and ecological changes.
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Timeline: 2017-2019
Human Face of the Sigatoka River
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Funder: USC Fellowship Award
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Researchers: Dr. Tristan Pearce; Lui Manuel; Dr. Javier Leon; Mathew Brown; Renee Currenti; Roger Kitson
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Partner: Nadroga-Navosa Provincial Council
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Aim: To document iTaukei social values of the Sigatoka River estuary and threats to these values.
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Timeline: 2016-2017
Climate change adaptation in Vusama Village, Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji​
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Funder: University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researchers: Dr. Tristan Pearce; Renee Currenti; Brendan Doran; Asinate Mateiwai (Research Assistant)
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Aim: To assess human vulnerability to climate change (as it relates to fresh water resources) in Vusama, an iTaukei village in southwest Viti Levu, Fiji in the context of recent social and ecological changes.
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Social value mapping in Sigatoka River Estuary, Fiji​
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Funder: University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researchers: Dr. Tristan Pearce, Lui Manuel (in-country support)
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Food Security on Funafuti Atoll in Tuvalu​
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Funder: University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researchers: Dr. Tristan Pearce; Dr. James Ford; Dr. Barry Smit; Sandra McCubbin
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Aim: To characterize the vulnerability of food systems in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to climate change in the context of multiple stresses.
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