Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Opportunity Assessment of the Navua catchment and Beqa lagoon

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to outline the Environmental and Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Opportunity Assessment (ESVOA). Building on the rapid biological assessment (BIORAP), Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Resilience Analysis and Mapping (ESRAM) and Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) options analysis, the ESVOA demonstrates the full logic of each of the priority EbA options. This includes providing an understanding of how the key environmental and socioeconomic risks and vulnerabilities provide opportunities, the key benefits of those opportunities, and the beneficiaries to which they accrue. The ESVOA builds on the previous work providing the basis for investment in further developing these projects in the future and for their consideration in the Integrated Ecosystem Management Plan.