Ga ɗan makaranta ɗan ƙasar Samoa da ke zaune a cikin aji mai cike da ruwa, ko kuma mai kamun kifi ɗan ƙasar Fiji da ke tafiya a kan teku mai tasowa, sauyin yanayi ba barazana ba ce ta zahiri; yana da matuƙar muhimmanci kuma yana da alaƙa da kowa. Amma sau da yawa, kimiyyar da aka tsara don mayar da martani ga waɗannan gaskiyar ta yi watsi da abubuwan da suka faru a waɗannan al'ummomin Pacific. Wannan ya fara canzawa.
An sanar da wannan a yau, waɗanda suka karɓi tallafin farko na Tupu Pacific Research Grant sun haɗa sabbin haɗin gwiwa guda shida na bincike waɗanda suka sanya jagoranci, ilimi, da fifiko a cikin zuciyar ayyukan sauyin yanayi a yankin.
Tallafin wanda Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya ta dauki nauyinsa a Yankin Asiya da Pacific (ISC RFP-AP) tare da tallafin Ma'aikatar Masana'antu, Kimiyya da Albarkatu ta Gwamnatin Ostiraliya, ya kunshi sa ido kan teku mai launin murjani, kasuwancin mata, lafiyar zafi ga yara, makamashi mai tsafta, tattalin arziki mai zagaye, da kuma tsaron ruwa. Cibiyar Yankin Jami'o'in Tsibiran Pacific (PIURN) ta kasance babbar mai haɗin gwiwa a cikin wannan shiri.
"Pacific tana kan gaba a cikin sauyin yanayi, kuma wannan shirin yana tabbatar da cewa masu bincike na Pacific suna jagorantar kimiyya game da wannan rikicin da fahimtarsu game da ƙalubalen da muke fuskanta."
in ji Ronit Prawer, Daraktan Cibiyar Kula da Yankin ISC na Asiya da Pacific.
"Hakanan yana nuna ƙarfin haɗin gwiwar yankuna. Ta hanyar yin aiki tare a faɗin ƙasashe, cibiyoyi da fannoni daban-daban, za mu iya tallafawa bincike wanda ke da mahimmanci a cikin gida da kuma a duniya baki ɗaya. Waɗannan waɗanda suka karɓi tallafin Tupu na farko suna wakiltar ayyukan kirkire-kirkire, waɗanda al'umma ke jagoranta da nufin magance waɗannan ƙalubalen tun daga tushe. Ba za mu iya alfahari da tallafawa waɗannan ƙungiyoyin ba."
Catherine Ris, Shugabar Jami'ar New Caledonia kuma Shugabar Kwamitin Zaɓe, ta ce Kwamitin yana fuskantar aiki mai wahala amma ayyukan da aka zaɓa a ƙarshe sun haɗa da ƙarfin haɗin gwiwa wanda ke magance muhimman abubuwan da suka shafi yankin.
"Godiya ga ISC, shirin bayar da tallafin bincike na Tupu Pacific ya ba da damar bullar ayyuka da dama da suka samo asali daga haɗin gwiwa mai wadata wanda ke tattaro ƙwarewar membobin PIURN daban-daban," in ji ta.
Wadanda aka karɓa guda shida sun haɗa da:
| Sunan aikin | Wanda aka ba kyautar/babban abokin tarayya | Abokin hulɗa na Pacific | Abokin hulɗa na Australiya | Abokin Hulɗa na waje |
| Tallafawa mata 'yan kasuwa a Fiji da Tonga: Ra'ayin tattalin arziki mai launin shuɗi | Dr Shalini Singh – Jami'ar Ƙasa ta Fiji | Dr Tangikina Moimoi Steen – Jami'ar Ƙasa ta Tonga | Dr Jane Menzies, A/ Farfesa Saskia de Klerk & Dr Melissa Innes - Jami'ar Sunshine Coast | Mataimakin Pr Matevz Raskovic – Jami'ar Fasaha ta Auckland |
| Zafi, danshi da lafiyar yara: Tattara bayanai kan tasirin zafi, danshi da sauyin yanayi ga yaran makaranta a yankin Pacific | Assoc Pr Roannie Ng Shiu - Jami'ar Kasa ta Samoa | Ms Filomena Ah Kuoi – Jami'ar Kudancin Pacific (Harabar Samoa) | Dr James Smallcombe da Pr Ollie Jay – Jami'ar Sydney | |
| Canza sharar gida ta Pacific zuwa Matsakaici Mai Kitse (MCFAs) da kuma man fetur na zamani | Dr Prasanna Kumar Yekula – Jami'ar Fasaha ta Papua New Guinea | Dr Savitha De Britto - Jami'ar Goroka | Dr. Jing Zhao - Jami'ar New South Wales | Dr Krishna Kumar Kotra - Jami'ar Kudancin Pacific, Emalus Campus, Vanuatu |
| Mata masu iko da da'ira a cikin Tekun Pacific: Ƙarfafa ƙarfin yanki ga al'ummomin da ke jure wa yanayi | Dr Laisa Ro'I – Jami'ar New Caledonia | Dr Jérémy Yune - Jami'ar Polynesia ta Faransa | Dakta Dorothea Bowyer da Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata Maria Varua – Jami'ar Western Sydney | Mrs Susana Telakau – Sakatariyar Shirin Muhalli na Yankin Pacific (SPREP) |
| Tsarin tauraron dan adam mai haɗaka da na ƙarƙashin ruwa don sa ido kan murjani da juriya ga yanayi | Dr Utkal Mehta – Jami'ar Kudancin Pacific (harabar Laucala), Tsibirin Solomon | Mista Alvin Prasad - Jami'ar Fiji | Ashad Kabir – Jami’ar Charles Sturt (CSU) | Pr Anil Gavade -KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, India |
| Magani mai tushen yanayi don tsaron ruwa a cikin atolls na Bauxite-Rich: Nazarin gwaji kan yankin da aka mayar da hankali kan Tsibirin Wagina | Dr Timothy Girry Kale – Jami'ar Ƙasa ta Tsibiran Solomon | Dr Meseret Dawit Teweldebrihan - Jami'ar Fasaha ta Papua New Guinea | Assoc Pr Anouk Ride – Jami'ar Ƙasa ta Australiya (ANU) | Mista Cyril Bernard Rachman - Cibiyar Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) |
Duk da cewa mata su ne ginshiƙin rayuwar mata a gabar tekun Pacific, ƙimar kasuwancin mata har yanzu tana da ƙasa. Dr. Shalini Singh ta Jami'ar Ƙasa ta Fiji tana jagorantar wata ƙungiya ta amfani da hanyoyin da suka dace da al'ada, gami da tsarin tattaunawa na gargajiya na Talanoa, don gina tsarin kasuwanci mai haɗaka a masana'antu masu tushen teku.
"Samun tallafin Tupu na farko babban abin alfahari ne kuma babban abin ƙarfafa gwiwa ne," in ji Dr. Singh. "Wannan tallafin yana ba mu damar faɗaɗa shirye-shiryenmu, ɗaga darajar shugabancin mata, da kuma haɓaka ci gaba mai ɗorewa wanda ke ƙarfafa al'ummominmu da masana'antun da ke kan teku."
Mai bincike tare da hadin gwiwa Dr Jane Menzies ta Jami'ar Sunshine Coast ta kara da cewa: "Haɓaka dangantaka mai kud da kud tsakanin ƙungiyar masu bincike kan Fiji, Tonga, Ostiraliya, da New Zealand misali ne na yadda za mu iya gina haɗin gwiwa don cimma daidaito tsakanin jinsi da daidaiton jinsi na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya."

A Tsibirin Wagina, ruwan karkashin kasa yana fuskantar matsala sakamakon kutsewar ruwan gishiri da gurɓatar bauxite. Dr. Timothy Girry Kale na Jami'ar Kasa ta Tsibirin Solomon yana gwada wata mafita mai rahusa, wacce ta dogara da yanayi don dawo da tsaron ruwa ga al'ummomin da abin ya shafa.
"Wannan tallafin zai taimaka mana sosai wajen inganta tattara bayanai, jawo hankalin al'ummomin yankin da kuma samar da dabarun aiki waɗanda ke ba da gudummawa ga rage haɗarin bala'i da ci gaba mai ɗorewa a yankinmu," in ji Dr Kale.
The Tallafin Bincike na Tupu Pacific Ana gudanar da shi ne a ƙarƙashin ISC Regional Focal Point na Asiya da Pacific kuma Ma'aikatar Masana'antu, Kimiyya da Albarkatu ta Gwamnatin Ostiraliya tana ba da kuɗaɗen tallafi, tare da haɗin gwiwar Cibiyar Yanki ta Jami'o'in Tsibirin Pacific.. Shirin yana tallafawa ƙungiyoyin bincike masu haɗin gwiwa, waɗanda ke jagorantar Pacific, waɗanda suka ƙunshi akalla jami'o'i biyu na Pacific Island da kuma jami'a ɗaya ta Australiya da ke haɗin gwiwa kan ayyukan da suka dace da Tsarin Blue Pacific na 2050.