Our Nature-based solutions work in Papua New Guinea and the wider Pacific, seeks to improve the food and income security of coastal communities while promoting restoration of key coastal ecosystems. Together with community leaders, we are promoting alternative sustainable livelihoods to relieve the pressure that overfishing is placing on coral reefs; an ecosystem already facing threat from rising sea temperatures.

As an example semi-intensive local breed village chickens as an alternative protein and income source to fish has proven very effective  in the communities we work.

These birds are crucial local resources, as they have a rich genetic diversity and are found mostly free-range scavenge feeding in many coastal communities throughout the Pacific. They are resilient and require relatively few inputs compared to commercial breed birds. Whilst not as immediately productive as commercial poultry, a low-input cost model of semi-intensified farming, using local feed resources and mostly recycled materials, can improve reproductive output and income earning potential, at the same time as improving the availability and access of chicken and eggs for household nutrition. In all providing a better and more sustainable economic model for small-scale farming.