Community-led oyster farms in Fiji – Can they deliver multiple benefits?

Speaker: Dr. Veronica Lo, IISD

The deepening climate change and biodiversity loss crises, intertwined with destructive intensive fishing and aquaculture practices, necessitate new ways of meeting food security and livelihood needs sustainably and equitably. There is a growing policy imperative for implementing nature-based solutions, as evidenced by the role that nature plays in local and national adaptation plans and policies, as well as the increasing alignment between climate adaptation and nature conservation in multilateral environmental governance. Yet, work remains on scaling up nature-based solutions and integrating the concept across sectors. Nature-based aquaculture has the potential to generate multiple benefits to society and can help achieve several policy objectives, including on climate adaptation, livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. This talk will draw upon a case study on community-led oyster farms in Fiji, discussing the benefits and challenges of implementing a nature-based approach to aquaculture.

Location: AERL Theatre