Supporting community-based management & science-culture dialogue for enduring communities and sustainable coral reef ecosystems.
The Rāhui Center is a French Polynesian NGO supporting community-based coral reef ecosystems and resources management.
ABOUT US
Find out more about our approach, the people behind it and the partners who support us.
OUR ACTIONS
Learn more about our field activities in French Polynesia and across the Pacific.
RESSOURCES
Access a selection of resources on marine resource management in French Polynesia.
NEWS
Upcoming broadcast of the documentary film Rahui, Shared Lagoonby Mélissa Constantinovitch and Thomas Yzèbe.
Wednesday 29/10 at 7:40 p.m. on Polynésie la 1ère and Monday 17/11 at 11:50 p.m. on France 3.
When fish become scarce and the lagoon begins to suffer, an ancient Polynesian wisdom resurfaces: the rahui, the art of temporarily prohibiting access to an area to allow nature to regenerate.
In Bora Bora, where tourism puts heavy pressure on the environment, a rahui could provide an urgent solution—provided everyone agrees to give up part of the lagoon.
In Tautira, it has already proven effective, but the question of reopening it to fishing brings new balances to be found.
Each rahui is built through discussion and compromise, shaping an inspiring model in the face of the ecological crisis.