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Fishing for Change

PCFML Secures Outrigger Impact Support for Resilient Seaweed Cooperative Platform in the Western Province, Solomon Islands

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Positive Change for Marine Life (PCFML) is proud to announce that we have been selected as one of Outrigger Impact’s funded initiatives through the Outrigger Technical Assistance Facility (OTAF). This support marks an important step forward for our work in the Solomon Islands, where PCFML and our partners are developing a resilient seaweed cooperative platform

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Fishing for Change

Strengthening Seaweed Farming for Reef Resilience in the Solomon Islands

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Across the lagoons and reef flats of the Western Province, seaweed farming has become an emerging livelihood pathway for many coastal families. Over the past month, our Solomon Islands team has been visiting communities to better understand how seaweed farming is being practiced, what support farmers need, and where there are opportunities to strengthen this

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Ocean Health & Governance

Ocean Acidification Pushes the Planet Beyond Safe Limits

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The ocean has always been Earth’s greatest stabiliser. Covering more than 70% of the planet, it regulates climate, absorbs carbon dioxide, generates oxygen, and supports ecosystems that billions of people depend upon. But new research shows that the ocean’s ability to perform these vital roles is faltering, under unprecedented stress.  Last week, scientists at the

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Climate Resilience

Pacific Leaders Launch the PRF Treaty – A Step Forward for Our Communities

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The signing of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Treaty in Honiara marks a truly historic step for the region. After more than a decade of advocacy, including leadership from former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Dame Meg Taylor and other Pacific leaders, the world now has its first Pacific-owned climate finance institution. This is a milestone

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Waste to Wealth

When Plastic Policy Fails, Coastal Communities Pay

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No Treaty in Sight, But Kerala’s Coast Is Still Paying the Price While negotiators in Geneva walked away without a plastics treaty—’deadlocked’ over production limits and toxics—Kerala’s beaches kept telling the story for us: plastic nurdles and mixed waste washing ashore, pellets showing up in nets (and sometimes in fish), and families asking the same

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Climate Resilience, Ocean Health & Governance, Waste to Wealth

USAID Funding Cuts – What This Means for Our Communities.

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After years of building a grassroots waste management program with local communities in the Solomon Islands, our USAID funding has officially been cancelled. This has placed the future of our Waste to Wealth program, and the livelihoods of the local team behind it, at immediate risk. One of those team members is Jerold Bruno. The

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