- REPICORE documentarySeptember 13, 2018Sebastian Ferse
During the final field visit of the REPICORE team, photographer Tom Vierus accompanied us to create this short documentary film on the project. Have a ... Read more
- Third REPICORE PhD student successfully defends his thesisSeptember 11, 2018Sebastian Ferse
On Monday, 10 September 2018, Akuila Cakacaka successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Livelihood Vulnerability of Coastal Communities in Fiji and Solomon Islands to Changes ... Read more
- Documenting the REPICORE feedback tripApril 11, 2018Sebastian Ferse
During the recent feedback trip of the REPICORE team, we were accompanied by photographer Tom Vierus, who was documenting our travels and meetings. Tom will ... Read more
- Project feedback in Papua New GuineaMarch 5, 2018Amanda Ford
After several months of the team sitting in Germany analysing data and writing up our scientific publications and theses, it was finally time to bring ... Read more
- Study examines fish-feeding issuesNovember 8, 2017Lena Rölfer
After Natalie Prinz went back to the Cook Islands in October to present the results of her recent Masters Project "To feed or not to ... Read more
- Back to where results belongNovember 7, 2017Lena Rölfer
By Natalie Prinz. After having the opportunity to present at the Indo-Pacific Fish Conference on the island of Tahiti early in October, thanks to ... Read more
- REPICORE at the 10th Indo-Pacific Fish ConferenceNovember 7, 2017Lena Rölfer
From 2-6 October, members of the REPICORE team had the opportunity to present their work at the 10th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, which was ... Read more
- Sidelining God: why secular climate projects in the Pacific Islands are failingAugust 24, 2017Lena Rölfer
Events linked to Climate Change (such as cyclone Winston in 2016) are preached to be Acts of God. In an interesting article by Patrick Nunn ... Read more
- July – month of conferencesJuly 31, 2017Lena Rölfer
Over the past month Janne attended three conferences and seminars and presented findings from her research at each of them. From 5-7 July the MARE ... Read more
- Small Marine Protected Areas in Fiji Provide Refuge for Reef Fish Assemblages, Feeding Groups, and CoralsJune 20, 2017Lena Rölfer
Establishing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is a common strategy to conserve marine ecosystem and to enhance the recovery of degraded systems. Large MPAs have been ... Read more
- Multiple Drivers of Local (Non-) Compliance in Community-Based Marine Resource Management: Case Studies from the South PacificMay 31, 2017Lena Rölfer
Compliance is key to successful resource management. But what influences compliance behavior with marine resource management in fishing communities in the South Pacific? The social, ... Read more
- Coral bleaching in the Aitutaki Lagoon 2016/2017May 30, 2017Lena Rölfer
By Natalie Prinz. Even though the southern Cook Islands were spared from severe coral bleaching in the recent large-scale global bleaching event, the El Niño in ... Read more
- Fish Kill in the Aitutaki Lagoon, Cook IslandsMay 29, 2017Lena Rölfer
By Natalie Prinz. After a sudden occurrence of dead reef fish in the Aitutaki Lagoon, reports of dead fish sightings were summarised and correlated to tide ... Read more
- Let’s talk about food! Master Project on supplementary feeding of reef fish by tourism in the lagoon of Aitutaki, Cook IslandsMay 28, 2017Lena Rölfer
By Natalie Prinz, ISATEC student at the University of Bremen and the ZMT. A 18km2 small near-atoll named Aitutaki was “home” from October 2016 till March ... Read more
- 38 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific islandMay 15, 2017Lena Rölfer
More than 5000 km away from major population and listed as Unesco World Heritage - yet severely polluted: Henderson Island in the Eastern South Pacific. Researchers ... Read more
- REPICORE at ICRS 2016August 17, 2016Amanda Ford
The REPICORE team headed back out to the Pacific in mid-June, only this time the final destination was not a Melanesian island but a Polynesian ... Read more
- The aftermath of Cyclone WinstonAugust 17, 2016Webmaster
By Akuila Cakacaka Four months after the devastating impact of tropical Cyclone Winston, I visited the villages of Nakodu and Tuatua on Koro island and Natokalau ... Read more
- Bright spots for the future of coral reefs: New insights into fish biomass on coral reefsJuly 18, 2016Amanda Ford
Coral reefs are a food source for millions of people in the tropics, but many do not deliver the expected catch any more. What influences ... Read more
- Assessing coral bleaching near SuvaApril 10, 2016Amanda Ford
The third global bleaching event has been taking place over the last months. Having slowly extended across the Pacific Ocean, unusually high water temperatures emerged ... Read more
- Cyclone WinstonMarch 15, 2016Amanda Ford
Three weeks ago, the largest cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere hit Fiji. At the time that the cyclone hit, the water around Fiji ... Read more
- Bleaching in FijiFebruary 14, 2016Amanda Ford
So it seems that Fiji has been unable to escape the extreme water temperatures of the 2015/2016 El Niño after all. Two of our team ... Read more
- From the field into the lab...February 14, 2016Amanda Ford
The transition from fieldwork into a laboratory is an interesting one; from days baking in the sun (or soaking in the rain) filled with carrying ... Read more
- The recruitment tiles are out!February 14, 2016Amanda Ford
Tiles at our deeper site within the tabu (closed to fishing) area fixed onto pavement and secured at an angle to prevent sedimentation. One of the ... Read more
- Sea cucumber project updatesDecember 14, 2015Amanda Ford
(Updates from Steven on his sea cucumber project - sorry for the late upload)! Alright. Another week in the field done and dusted. Here I/we stand at ... Read more
- Scholarships for two REPICORE studentsNovember 2, 2015Webmaster
Great news for two of the MSc students on our team: Ryan McAndrews and Steven Lee will both receive financial support for their work from ... Read more
- Sandfish studies in Vanua LevuNovember 1, 2015Amanda Ford
In addition to the projects based around Viti Levu, REPICORE has an additional benthic project involving sea cucumbers on Vanua Levu. I (Steven Lee – ... Read more
- Suva, Oct 2015October 26, 2015Amanda Ford
After drilling 18242 (!) 1mm deep holes into 140 sandstone tiles, several methodological discussions, an unknown number of trips to hardware stores and many dives, ... Read more
- Beqa Island, Fiji, Oct 2015October 10, 2015Amanda Ford
The first short village stay has just been completed by the benthic and fish teams of REPICORE who have just returned to Suva following a ... Read more
- Suva, Fiji Sep 2015September 30, 2015Amanda Ford
Three weeks and 80 dives later, the benthic and fish teams are well underway with their projects. This time has been focused in three lagoonal ... Read more
- Marine governance researchAugust 31, 2015Janne Rohe
Research was conducted in one of the 27 villages on the island of Ovalau – hence sharing a qoliqoli (traditional fishing ground) with four other ... Read more
- Suva, Aug. 2015August 28, 2015Webmaster
We left for Beqa with one day delay, as the weather did not allow for a safe boat passage on Tuesday morning. At this time ... Read more
- Suva, Aug. 2015August 24, 2015Webmaster
The social scientists at work – Janne and her research assistant, Kara Early morning in front of Natokalau Sonia going over The Plan with the assembled ecology ... Read more
- Ovalau, Aug. 2015August 21, 2015Webmaster
Arrival at the tiny airstrip of Ovalau after a 12 min flight from Suva Wild West in the South Pacific: the main street of historic Levuka Heading ... Read more
- Suva, Aug. 2015August 18, 2015Webmaster
The village meeting hall in Kalokolevu 500 kg of research gear arrived today – ready for some serious science! Yesterday morning, we met with our partners at ... Read more
- Suva, Aug. 2015August 16, 2015Webmaster
On Saturday, we went out in the rain to snorkel along the reefs directly in front of Suva to check out our “degraded site”. We ... Read more
- Suva, Aug. 2015August 13, 2015Webmaster
BULA! After 46 hours of travel, four flights, 150 kg of luggage between us, 2/3 of us missing a connecting flight, and several panic stricken airport ... Read more
- Thank you!June 5, 2015Webmaster
Dear Coral Reef Ecology Symposium Speakers and Attendees, On behalf of the Organization Committee, we want to thank you for attending Symposium on Friday at the ... Read more
- Registration to the 5th Coral Reef Ecology Symposium is now open!April 27, 2015Webmaster
We are delighted to announce that the 5th Coral Reef Ecology Symposium will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPIMM) on ... Read more
- Recovery potential of the world's coral reef fishesApril 10, 2015Webmaster
An analysis of fish declines in coral reefs shows that simple fishing limits and implementation of marine protected areas can be enough to support recovery ... Read more
- Losing paradise: the people displaced by atomic bombs, and now climate changeApril 7, 2015Webmaster
People in the Pacific Marshall Islands and Kiribati are facing oblivion as the sea around them rises, and they are already suffering from food shortages, ... Read more
- Integrated Coastal Protection and Sustainable Coastal Fisheries – THE Challenge for the South PacificApril 5, 2015Webmaster
Paradise already lost? or ready to be saved? Mecki Kronen summarises challenges and opportunities for people in the South Pacific after spending many years amidst ... Read more
- Manus Island, Dec. 2013December 12, 2013Sebastian Ferse
Today we returned to the capital of Manus Province, Lorengau. We spent five days on Ahus Island, a small coral cay a short distance off ... Read more
- Port Moresby, Dec. 2013December 6, 2013Sebastian Ferse
After 42 hours on the road, we finally arrive in Port Moresby. Descending through the clouds towards the city after a flight north from Brisbane over ... Read more