Submitted by
irvina
on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 01:32
General Information
Resolution
46506
IUCN Constituent
Oceania Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Oceania
Pacific Ocean
Country/Territory
Fiji
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Uto ni Yalo Trust
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Throughout 2017, the Uto ni Yalo Trust organized a total of seven community beach clean ups aimed at:
i. Inspiring coastal communities not to dispose non-biodegradable waste in our waterways
ii. Spotlight national policies on waste management and pollution control
iii. Gathering research that mobilizes businesses to promote sustainable packaging solutions
The community beach clean ups were organized at the following locations:
i. 27 kilometers of the Rewa River
ii. 17 kilometers of the Navua River
iii. Narai Island
iv. Koro Island
v. Kiobo village, Bua Province, Vanua Levu Island
vi. Moala Island, Lau Province
vii. Matuku Island, Lau Province
A total of 2000 kilograms of single use plastic bags, straws, bottles, food packaging, cleaning agent containers, broken glass, tin cans, disposable batteries and baby diapers and fabric. Once collected, the litter was categorized and weighed before being presented to the communities with recommendations on how to improve the existing village disposal system.
i. Inspiring coastal communities not to dispose non-biodegradable waste in our waterways
ii. Spotlight national policies on waste management and pollution control
iii. Gathering research that mobilizes businesses to promote sustainable packaging solutions
The community beach clean ups were organized at the following locations:
i. 27 kilometers of the Rewa River
ii. 17 kilometers of the Navua River
iii. Narai Island
iv. Koro Island
v. Kiobo village, Bua Province, Vanua Levu Island
vi. Moala Island, Lau Province
vii. Matuku Island, Lau Province
A total of 2000 kilograms of single use plastic bags, straws, bottles, food packaging, cleaning agent containers, broken glass, tin cans, disposable batteries and baby diapers and fabric. Once collected, the litter was categorized and weighed before being presented to the communities with recommendations on how to improve the existing village disposal system.
Status
Completed
Activity
Field activities
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The Uto ni Yalo Trust has conducted a series of voyages in their sailing vaka, visiting Narai Island, the Vatu-i-Ra seascape, Moala & Matuku islands in Lau, and conducted a Floating Art Exhibition along the coast of Viti Levu at various tourism establishments to help validate the savings associated with non-motorized sea transport.
Status
Completed
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
The Uto ni Yalo voyages assisted in broadening awareness of the cost, fuel (and emissions) savings associated with sail-powered sea transport, as well as teaching various communities about the value of maintaining and strengthening both traditional knowledge and environmental stewardship through conducting its clean-up and outreach activities.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Scientific/technical activities
Description
Extrapolations upon the fuel and emissions savings from the Uto ni Yalo's voyages will be incorporated into the final grant report to provide a case study to convince other maritime operators of the potential for reducing costs and fossil fuel dependency with small-scale inter-island voyaging across the Pacific.
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat