February 2026: The USP students’ 2nd StoryMap is out!

The four USP students in the SOCPacific2R project – Dev, Matina, Sarah-Fina and Watesoni – have just published their second interactive StoryMap on reef passages around Ovalau, Fiji, showcasing their ongoing research on these ecological and cultural keystone places.

Over recent months, they have explored how reef passages connect land and sea, and why they matter for local communities, fisheries and coastal futures, combining maps, field impressions and reflections to open conversations on social-ecological change.

The internships are a core part of our joint USP/IRD/ZMT project, and enabled these early-career researchers to share and discuss their findings in formats like StoryMaps – a key way to strengthen ocean literacy and co-produce knowledge with communities, practitioners and decision-makers.

You can explore this new StoryMap here and are warmly invited to read, share and comment!

And you can also view their first StoryMap here!