Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Global Coral Reef Alliance
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Cambridge, USA
Physical Description:
34 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36617
Legacy PEIN ID:
76624
General Notes
Available online|Report to the Federal Republic of Germany Federal Foreign Office Task Force for Humanitarian Aid
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Shore protection - Marshall Islands
Coastal protection - Marshall Islands
Abstract
Wind, Wave, and Solar powered shore protection and coral reef restoration projects were installed in the Marshall Islands in early 2010 by the Arno Kobamaron Community Base Organization, in collaboration with the Global Reef Alliance and Pacific Aquaculture Cooperatives, funded by the Federal Republic of Germany Federal Foreign Office Task Force for Humanitarian Aid. The projects were installed at Ine Village, Arno Atoll (Wind powered), Jabo Village, Arno Atoll (Wave powered), and Enemanit, Majuro Atoll, (Solar powered). Local community residents were trained in construction and installation skills. These projects will help restore near-shore coral reefs and fisheries habitat, protecting beaches from wave erosion and allowing them to grow. A tidal current project was originally also planned but unfortunately could not be installed during the project period due to delays by the manufacturer. The results of these pilot demonstration projects dramatically demonstrate that local communities can use their own vast and untapped sources of sustainable energy to grow back their coral reef and fisheries resources and protect their islands from erosion by global sea level rise. There is a critically urgent need to replicate this example on a large scale in all low-lying island nations and coasts before global sea level rise accelerates.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Global Coral Reef Alliance
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Cambridge, USA
Physical Description:
34 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
36617
Legacy PEIN ID:
76624
General Notes
Available online|Report to the Federal Republic of Germany Federal Foreign Office Task Force for Humanitarian Aid
Record Created: 16-Jun-2010
Record Modified: 03-Mar-2021