The cancellation of the second site in Solomon Islands reduced the considerable lead that this component had over the rest of the programme. By the end of 2006, an alternative second site in Tuvalu, the identi- fication of a third site in Western Samoa and the creation of a partnership (technical and financial) with a related project implemented by the World Bank enabled to maintain a satisfying progress trend.

Project 2B-1: Implementation of 2 pilot sites in Fiji and Tuvalu (+ potentially Samoa)

The results of the monitoring of the first launched pilot site on Motoriki (Fiji) were mitigated in terms of coral colony survival due to a bleaching event during the first semester of 2006; the capacity building of resource Fijians trained for this project was however satisfactory. .

Following different field work conducted by 2 experts from Ginger Pacific and FSPI respectively, a second pilot site in Tuvalu has been identified and agreed with local NGO, affiliated to FSPI. Negotiating stages, putting in place a preliminary study and defining an action plan as well as the first field work testing different scenarii rehabilitation of ecosystem altered by cyclones or algal shifted have been conducted. Some progresses have also been registered with the possibility of a third pilot site in Western Samoa with an effective cooperation established with the Government and local private hotel operators, under the lead of Sinaley Hotel.

Project 2B-2: Editing of restoration guide

A Reef Rehabilitation Guide was completed at the end of 2006 by the working group «Rehabilitation and Remediation task force» directed by the world renowned specialist Alsdair Edwards of Newcastle University, who is attached to the Coral Reef Targeted Research project funded by the World Bank. This guide is on the website www.gefcoral.org with a link on CRISP website. Ginger Pacific expert involved in Component 2B of CRISP collaborated significantly to this work. This product represents the beginning of a partnership between the Component C2B of CRISP and CRTR. A partnership agreement has been signed to produce a version more elaborated for 2008-2009, which will be of higher quality and more comprehensive than anything that Component 2B could have produced on its own. Sandrine Job (Ginger Pacific) will be a coauthor under the responsibility of Alasdair Edwards.