This Pacific Sustainable Sea Transport Initiative for Innovation project focuses on providing innovation transport options and market access for two islands, Ovaka Island in the Vavau’ Island Group in Tonga and Gau Island in Fiji’s Lomai Viti Island Group.
Objective: To innovate, design, and implement sustainable logistics approaches to support sustainable development of remote island communities facing sea level rise, climate change and increasing intensity and frequency of natural disasters.
The project is funded by RERIPA.
Project coordinator
The University of the South Pacific – Fiji
Project partners
Mainstreaming of Rural Development Innovation Tonga (MORDI) – Tonga
Sustainable Sea Transport Initiative (SSTI)