Happy Chickens for Food Security and Environment

It is widely recognized that poverty and a lack of alternative protein sources are directly linked to overfishing, which in turn leads to coral reef decline as coral predators become plagues and algae overgrows the reef.  Reef degradation in turn leads to increased levels of hunger and more desperate acts of destructive fishing, using poisons and explosives to fish.  Many have said that we must address food security and poverty in order to break this cycle of overfishing and destruction and to restore coral reefs in the least developed countries. 

Although very small, this project will be one of the first projects of its kind, supporting community-based no-take areas with "happy chicken" poultry projects, replacing the protein lost during initial project establishment as well as preventing increased fishing pressure on the remaining fished reefs.  For more details please visit Global Giving at the link above.  If funded we will be seeking coral reef partnership sites in Fiji and nearby countries.