Tag: The Pacific Islands

Indigenous Women Championing Climate-Resilient Greenhouse Nursery Initiatives in Fiji

Article by Davila Talemaimaleya, Learning Coordinator for the Pacific Islands Advisory Board   Indigenous women in Fiji play a multifaceted and vital role in addressing the impacts of climate change, reflecting their profound connection to land, ocean, culture, and traditional knowledge, as well as their fundamental role within Indigenous communities. Because of this, it is […]

Two men and a women stand within a greenhouse, surrounded by many beds of young plants. They are looking at the camera and smiling. One of them is holding a pot with a small plant.

Community, Conservation, and Ecotourism in Daulo District, Papua New Guinea

Article by Davila Talemaimaleya, Learning Coordinator for the Pacific Islands Advisory Board The Pacific is on the frontlines of efforts to stop the climate crisis, making it pivotal for environmental funders to centre it in their grantmaking. Global Greengrants Fund has been awarding grants to grassroots groups in the Pacific Islands for over a decade, […]

Challenging Sand Mining Projects in Papua New Guinea

In the Madang province in Papua New Guinea, leatherback sea turtles have been an important part of the ecosystem for thousands of years. Communities in Madang where the leatherback sea turtles come to nest have for generations lived alongside them and depended on them as a sacred food source. Recently, Global Greengrants Fund grantee partner […]

Adaptation and Resilience: Responses to COVID-19 from Our Global Network

  Over a year after the COVID-19 outbreak was officially declared a global pandemic, the virus continues to spread across the world. Despite the rapid development of effective vaccines, the global population is far from reaching herd immunity and many countries are experiencing huge waves of infection, high death rates, and struggling economies. At Global […]

What Unequal Access to Vaccines Worldwide Means for Environmental Activists

By Alex Grossman, Director of Communications In 2020, the world faced a new challenge, the coronavirus pandemic. A virus that originated in China quickly spread to the most remote corners of the globe, changing the way each and every one of us has lived for the past year. Just one year later, highly effective vaccines […]

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