Objectives of the project
“Fa’atura te tahatai” is a partnership project in “research-conservation” on the coastal biodiversity of the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It proposes to carry out restoration of native coastal vegetation and to publish a protocol grounded in the best available science, drawing on the experience of concrete restoration work at five sites across three islands of the Society archipelago (Tahiti, Moorea and Tetiaroa), together with a broad awareness programme. In the long term this work contributes:
- to the restoration of coastal biodiversity in French Polynesia;
- to adaptation to the effects of climate change.
2025 results at the Tetiaroa sites
- A 54 m² nursery created on motu Onetahi
- An environmental assessment of our sites carried out
- Seedlings brought on
- The 4 ecological restoration sites prepared for planting
- More than 1,000 native plants planted across the 4 sites
- Growth of the various planted species monitored
Partners
This is an ambitious “research-conservation” partnership, involving the French Committee of the IUCN, Te mana o te moana, FAPE-Te Ora Naho and the Tahitian Historical Society, with the scientific, technical and logistical support of the Research Delegation of French Polynesia and the Te Fare Natura eco-museum.
The project is supported by the Fonds Vert and the Fondation de France.
