{"id":28705,"date":"2025-06-17T09:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/programme-faatura-te-tahatai-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:12:10","slug":"faatura-te-tahatai-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/faatura-te-tahatai-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Fa’atura te tahatai Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tFa’atura te tahatai Project \t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\"QUI-border\"\n\tRestoration and enhancement of coastal ecosystems in the Society Islands (French Polynesia)<\/strong>\nFor many years, the coastlines of the high volcanic<\/strong> islands in the Society Islands archipelago have been under intense pressure due to increasing urbanization and human<\/strong> intervention along the shoreline, particularly through land reclamation. The construction of seawalls or rock armoring along these reclaimed areas disrupts natural ocean currents<\/strong>. Such artificial structures contribute<\/strong> to coastal erosion and the gradual disappearance of sandy beaches<\/strong>.
In addition, soil erosion<\/strong> leads to sediment runoff into the lagoon, where sediments settle on corals, depriving them of light, oxygen, and essential nutrients for their survival<\/strong>.\nThese coastal transformations result in significant degradation<\/strong> of natural habitats<\/strong>, even though preserving them represents one of the most effective “Nature-based Solutions<\/strong>” to combat coastal erosion and protect homes and infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) against cyclones and heavy swells. The most threatened ecosystems include coastal forests, swamp forests<\/strong> (also called sub-mangroves or pseudo-mangroves), and salt-tolerant grasslands dominated by Paspalum vaginatum<\/em> grass<\/strong>.\n\t\t\t\t\"faatura\n\t

Project objectives :<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • \nThe “Fa’atura te Tahatai<\/strong>” project is a collaborative “research-conservation<\/strong>” initiative focused on the coastal biodiversity of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It aims to carry out restoration operations of native coastal vegetation<\/strong> and to share a protocol based on the best available scientific data<\/strong>, enriched with feedback from concrete restoration actions implemented at five sites across three islands of the archipelago<\/strong> (Tahiti, Moorea, and Tetiaroa).
    The project also includes a wide-reaching awareness program that will contribute, in the long term:\n
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    • \nto the restoration of coastal biodiversity in French Polynesia\n<\/li>\n
    • \nto adaptation to the effects of climate change.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWith the participation of our association’s sea turtle specialists<\/strong>, the project also incorporates a component dedicated to the restoration and preservation<\/strong> of green turtle nesting sites, particularly at the two pilot sites on Moorea and Tetiaroa<\/strong>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t

      2025 Report on the Tetiaroa Sites :\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t
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      • \nCreation of a 54 m\u00b2 plant nursery <\/strong>on Onetahi motu\n<\/li>\n
      • \nEnvironmental assessment <\/strong>of our sites\n<\/li>\n
      • \nGrowing of seedlings<\/strong>\n<\/li>\n
      • \nPreparation of the four <\/strong>ecological restoration sites for planting\n<\/li>\n
      • \nPlanting of over 1,000 native plants <\/strong>across the four sites\n<\/li>\n
      • \nMonitoring the growth of the various planted native species<\/strong>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t

        Partners :<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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        • This is an ambitious “research-conservation<\/strong>” partnership involving the French Committee of the IUCN, the association Te Mana o te Moana, FAPE-Te Ora Naho<\/strong>, and the Tahitian Historical Society<\/strong>, with scientific, technical<\/strong>, and logistical support from the Research Delegation of French Polynesia<\/strong> and the eco-museum Te Fare Natura<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\"\"\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Fa’atura te tahatai Project Restoration and enhancement of coastal ecosystems in the Society Islands (French Polynesia) For many years, the coastlines of the high volcanic islands in the Society Islands archipelago have been under intense pressure due to increasing urbanization and human intervention along the shoreline, particularly through land reclamation. The construction of seawalls or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-28705","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"override"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28705"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28837,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28705\/revisions\/28837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}