Maloni Vakacavu Siga

Maloni Siga is a climate resilience practitioner and geospatial analyst based in Fiji. He currently serves as Project Manager at ADRA Fiji, where he leads community-based climate adaptation initiatives under the SHAPE-CAR project. His work focuses on integrating open-source GIS, community knowledge, and participatory planning to support climate resilience in Pacific Island communities. Maloni is also pursuing postgraduate research in geospatial science and climate change, exploring how spatial tools can support relocation planning and locally driven adaptation across Small Island Developing States.


Session

09-02
14:00
5min
Integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Open-Source GIS for Climate Resilience in Fiji
Maloni Vakacavu Siga

This lightning talk shares how the SHAPE-CAR project in Fiji uses open-source GIS tools to support community-led climate resilience planning, integrating participatory mapping, environmental monitoring, and spatial analysis to inform adaptation decisions in vulnerable island communities.

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