Description
The Fiji Ridge to Reef (R2R) project is a multi-partnership agreement for a 1.5 Million USD project to improve climate resilience and to sustain livelihoods in Fiji.
The Fiji R2R Project intends to preserve biodiversity, ecosystem services, sequester carbon, improve climate resilience and sustain livelihoods through a ridge-to-reef management of six priority water catchments on the two main islands of Fiji. The catchments include Waidina-Rewa, Tuva and Ba on Viti Levu and Labasa, Vinivia and Tunuloa on Vanua Levu.
Funding
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Partners
• United Nations Development Programme
• Ministry of Waterways and Environment
Highlights/Outputs
- Two project orientation workshops were conducted internally. The orientation training focused on the overview of the Letter of Agreement (LoA) rules and regulations, budgetary allocations, technical program implementation, financial management, branding and marking, monitoring and evaluation and reporting.
- Modification and adjustment of some existing organization structures to meet the contractual obligations of the LoA and the Fiji R2R Project requirements
- The Environment Unit facilitated a gender 101 presentation and planning exercise for the IAS Fiji R2R Project staff on 4 December 2018. Staff of Nature Fiji-Mareqeti Viti also participated in the exercise as partners in one activity allocated to IAS.