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More than 3,000 Fijians will benefit from improved watershed management under the Watershed Interventions for Systems Health Plus project, which was launched at the Holiday Inn in Suva yesterday.

Wildlife Conservation Society Regional Director, Dr. Stacy Jupiter says WISH plus, as part of the Kiwa Initiative, will focus on Nature-based Solutions to improve resilience to climate-sensitive diseases.

She says it will also protect biodiversity in upstream watersheds and downstream coral reefs in the Vatu-i-Ra seascape.

The Kiwa WISH+ regional project will be implemented at key sites in Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea and will run through June 2026.

In Fiji, project sites will be on Vanua Levu and Ovalau.

The project team will also help design and finance portfolios of watershed interventions to optimize co-benefits for biodiversity, climate and human well-being.