Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Fiji

The Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Fiji catalogues various projects across the country's ecosystems, highlighting a concentration of efforts in the northern and western divisions. The inventory reveals a primary focus on coastal protection through mangrove planting and hybrid seawalls, alongside riverbank stabilization using vetiver grass and reforestation of native forests. These initiatives aim to address climate risks such as sea level rise, tidal surges, and flooding, while simultaneously tackling biodiversity loss and improving food security for local communities.

• NbS projects in Fiji are disproportionately concentrated in the northern and western divisions, which is attributed to the vulnerability of communities in those areas, government guidance to donors, and existing NGO-community relationships.
• The majority of NbS projects in Fiji focus on coastal protection, specifically through the planting of mangroves, driven by the National Adaptation Plan and government priorities to replace or supplement concrete seawalls with hybrid solutions.
• Riverbank stabilization is being implemented across the Central, Western, and Northern divisions using vetiver grass technology and locally sourced boulders to prevent silt runoff, reduce inland flooding, and protect freshwater ecosystems from eutrophication.
• Hybrid coastal protection structures are being deployed, combining mangrove forests with boulder walls approximately 2 metres high to mitigate coastal inundation, tidal surges, and saltwater intrusion into freshwater tables.
• Reforestation efforts are targeting native forests to increase resilience against extreme winds during cyclones and to create future carbon trading potential, such as the project reforesting approximately 43 hectares of land with native hardwood and fruit trees.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2024). Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Fiji. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2024-09/nature-based-solutions-inventory-fiji.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Fiji. 2024. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2024-09/nature-based-solutions-inventory-fiji.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2024naturebased, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Fiji}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2024-09/nature-based-solutions-inventory-fiji.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }