Tuvalu Ridge to Reef Project

04/10/2023

We hosted Noa Petueli Tapumanaia, the Chief Librarian and Archivist at the Tuvalu National Library and Archive and his staff, along with Mr Siaosi Finiki who shared some stories and memories of life on Tuvalu.

23/10/2020

The Department of Trade would like to put up these three logos for the public to vote on the best logo that best describes what the department is doing. In order for you to vote for your best option, please check the explanations for the three logos provided below.

Option 1: Fish and Coconut Tree represent the main products that we used to trade from these two resources. The canoe represents local trade and the plane represent international trading.

Option 2: Green colour in the circle represent Agriculture and Sustainability. Blue colour represents the Blue Economy, Fisheries Sector, etc. Tapola or local basket represent Trade. Human Shape represents Human, Assets, Tourism and Labour Mobility and stars represents the nine island of Tuvalu.

Option 3: Same as Option 2 but without stars.

To vote, just comment below by typing your option number.

Fafetai Lasi

07/10/2019

11/09/2019

Engaging our youth in environment conservation.

“The importance of having students and the community involved and participating in any awareness activity is to build their knowledge and capacity about preserving ecosystems services and biodiversity. It’s a great opportunity to train everyone to be role models for each island in Tuvalu on environmental stewardship and conservation management,” Mr. Feagaiga Penivao, LMMA Officer, Tuvalu Ridge to Reef Project.

By the Tuvalu Ridge to Reef Project

01/08/2019

Congratulations to Tuvalu R2R team members, Feagaiga Penivao (LMMA Officer) and Lamese Saamu (Environment Data Specialist) for their successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Ridge to Reef Sustainable Development from James Cook University.

At a graduation ceremony at the meeting in Nadi, Fiji, this week, they were among over 30 Pacific Island environmental practitioners and government officials to receive their certificates of attendance ahead of a formal graduation in Australia next year.

Also part of the ceremony were former project manager for the Tuvalu R2R project, Mataio Tekinene and IW R2R project coordinator, Pesega Samuelu.

07/07/2019

For this year, the Department of Environment organised an event during a national week-long program to highlight the importance of traditional food.

The aim was to encourage the practice of how traditional Tuvaluan food is prepared and the health benefits it brings compared to the reliance on imported canned food.

On the menu was a range of traditional dishes made from local ingredients, cooked by women from communities in Tuvalu’s capital, Funafuti…

23/06/2019

Tuvalu Ridge to Reef Project organised competition to encourage people to grow more plants, vegetables etc.
Competition held in Funafuti, Nanumea and Nukufetau.
PC: Tuvalu R2R Project

17/06/2019

Environment Week in provided the R2R project team with an opportunity to share about the work they do with the planting of vetiver grass at coastal sites on Funafuti.
A group of students from Loyola University Chicago working with members of the National Youth Council visited the team at a new site at Nanumasa where an Environment Week activity was organised by the R2R project team.
They interviewed the project's LMMA officer, Feagaiga Penivao and students who were present to plant the vetiver grass at the new site.
Nanumasa is the third site where vetiver has been planted in Funafuti. The other two sites are the dumpsite and Tafua pond.
PC: Tuvalu R2R Project
Ivy Tumua Jnr Andrew Lamese Lloyd Robs Wini Nainoca

10/06/2019

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Adrianna Ennelinda Pedro, Form 1 student at SDA Primary School, won 3rd prize in the primary school poetry competition, organized as part of Environment Day activities last week.

The Ozone Depleting Substances Project under the Department of Environment organised this year’s poetry competition.

08/06/2019

Anishia Katoa, a Form 2 student at SDA Primary School, won first prize in a poetry competition organized for schools as part of week activities in .

The theme was Air Pollution.

The poetry competition was organized by the Ozone Depleting Substances Project under the Department of Environment.

08/06/2019

In , week celebrations included a poetry competition among school students organized by the Ozone Depleting Substances Project under the Department of Environment.

Kahifa Manatu is a Form 3 student at Fetuvalu High School. He was a 3rd-joint winner for the secondary school category and presented his poem at the launch of environment week celebrations in Funafuti on Monday.

The theme was Air Pollution.