Why Pacific Islanders are using the Echoes of Oceania platform?
Channel: Pacific Community
Date: 01/03/2024

Echoes of Oceania (https://cbfm.spc.int/), a platform launched in November 2023, empowers Pacific Islands' community-based fisheries management (CBFM) practitioners by facilitating effective knowledge sharing and providing trusted information sources. 

Pacific Island communities, reliant on marine resources for their livelihoods, cultural heritage, and wellbeing, contribute rich traditional knowledge crucial for site-specific management. SPC support facilitated the platform’s development and implementation. 

The platform consolidates scattered CBFM information and tools, supporting the regional and subregional policy agreements to scale up CBFM. A curated collection of over 500 documents relevant to CBFM, Echoes of Oceania enables informed decision-making and capacity enhancement for governments, communities, and practitioners. Its name symbolizes knowledge and tradition transmission across generations in Pacific communities, aiming to preserve and share CBFM practices.

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