Скачать или смотреть Where Waters Meet: A Future for People and Nature

In the Cook Islands, on the island of Rarotonga, there lies Muri Lagoon: a region important for culture, sustenance, and the growing economic cornerstone of tourism. However, there are serious issues with coastal flooding and wastewater pollution.

The People, Planet, Prosperity project team for the Cook Islands conducted a “natural capital assessment” that identified where riparian buffers (native trees/vegetation along streams) would be most effective for water quality and flood control, and how much a wastewater treatment plant could improve water quality, for the Muri Lagoon area. The effort helped make the case for traditional Pacific Island ridge-to-reef land management, which aligned well with the project’s focus on integrating nature’s benefits to people into decisions. The analysis is also supporting the design and co-financing of future infrastructure (i.e., a new wastewater treatment plant).

Learn more about the project: bit.ly/3PsCookIslands

Collaborators: ‪@NatCapProject‬, ‪@AsianDevelopmentBank‬, ‪@cookislandsnationalenviron1451‬, Ministry of Finance & Economic Management of the Cook Islands, Muri Environment Care. With support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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Credits

Video
Talia Kawaiokalani Trepte

Producers
Talia Kawaiokalani Trepte
Elana Kimbrell
Jade Delevaux

Music
Ukulele by the Beach from Ermir K. (Pixabay)
Amiri Au Iakoe (instrumental) by Jon Jonassen
Sunny Rumba Ukulele from Dominque Garnier (Pixabay)
Molokai Sunset from Mike Cole (Pixabay)