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