P3DM
for developing climate change adaptation plans in Boe Boe,
Solomon Islands
1:5000-scale model (XX x vertical exaggeration) covering an
area of 198 sq. km, of the coastal area in Boe Boe village,
Choiseul Province (Lauru) Solomon Islands (Yr
2011)
Note:
The model was produced in the context of the project
"Building the Resilience of Communities and their Ecosystems
to the Impacts of Climate Change" and was built by students
and volunteers from the village, guided by teachers, elders
and invited guests from neighbouring communities. The
exercise was facilitated by Kenn Mondiai, from Partners With
Melanesians, with a team from The Nature Conservancy. The
event was organized in Boe Boe by the Lauru Land Conference
of Tribal Communities, a representative organization for the
Lauru people of Choiseul Province, supported in turn through
a project partnership from Australia’s International Climate
Change Adaptation Initiative.
Image courtesy of
Javier Leon, University of Wollongong
The model showed the extent of the 2007
tsunami, and recent king-tide levels that inundated parts
of the village. The community used the model to discuss
these and other climate- and risk-related issues, and to
explain early strategies and ‘adaptation’ efforts that the
community is planning. These ideas were, literally, ‘put on
the table’. They included ecosystem-based approaches, such
as establishing conservation areas and reinforcing the
traditional tambu sites and rites over the streams, islands,
mangroves and watershed forest of Snake Ridge.
Image courtesy of Javier
Leon, University of Wollongong
Image courtesy of Javier
Leon, University of Wollongong
Image courtesy of
James Hardcastle, TNC
Image courtesy of Javier
Leon, University of Wollongong
Model produced in the framework of the
Australian Government / AusAID supported project "Building
the Resilience of Communities and their Ecosystems to the
Impacts of Climate Change"
The project is implemented in the context of
the broader "Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Partnership"
funded by Australian Government/AusAID, through TNC and
implemented by partners and communities in Solomon Islands,
PNG and Marshall Islands
More Case studies on P3DM used in the
context of risk management
Robyn James. 2011.
