Project Halophyte will develop innovative floating mangrove pontoons and undertake environmental restoration in partnership with local communities along the coast of Fiji’s main island Viti Levu. The collaboration between UNSW Sydney and University of the South Pacific (USP), led by UNSW’s Dr Andrew Dansie and Professor Will Glamore, is being undertaken within UNSW’s societal impact framework which seeks to improve the world by progressing environmental sustainability and resilience, social cohesion, health, and wellbeing, and economic prosperity for all.
Project Halophyte will see up to 40 PhD students, early-career researchers, and academic supervisors from Australia and Fiji collaborate with local communities in a long-term project to restore mangrove growth and aquatic systems. Fiji’s Assistant Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Hon Sakiusa Tubuna, announced the international collaboration in the company of the collaborators, including project leads from UNSW and USP.
