From January to March 2025, the MaHeWa project’s Work Package 3 (WP3) hosted eight methodological webinars to assess the socio-economic vulnerability of Pacific Island societies to marine heatwaves (MHWs). These sessions united researchers from diverse units to develop innovative approaches tailored to island contexts like New Caledonia and Fiji.
As part of Work Package 3 (WP3) of the MaHeWa project, Chann, an agro-development student at ISTOM, conducted fieldwork in Reao, French Polynesia, from April 10 to May 8, 2025, under the supervision of Jean Wencélius and Catherine Sabinot (CRIOBE). This work, part of her internship at CRIOBE (February 24 to August 22, 2025), aligns with Task 3.1, focusing on documenting the material (income, food) and immaterial (culture, identity) values of lagoon resources, as well as community memories of marine heatwaves (MHWs).
As part of WP3 of the MaHeWa project — which aims to assess the socio-economic vulnerability of Pacific island societies to marine heatwaves — a class of twenty Year-6 pupils from Marie Havet Primary School in Nouméa, accompanied by their teacher Audrey Mazeron, took part in an original co-research activity in March 2025. This initiative sits at the intersection of three research projects: SOCPacific2R, MaHeWa (WP3), and CLIPSSA, which focuses on small farmers’ adaptation to climate change.
